As part of a proposed class-action settlement in California, Sprint has agreed to unlock departing customers' phones so they can be used with other compatible networks, including Verizon and Alltel.

Sprint has decided to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the company was engaging in anticompetitive practices by locking mobile handsets sold through the carrier. The company has agreed to ...

Sprint has announced that many of the phones or tablets that operate on its network have been programmed with a master subsidy lock known as the MSL that locks the devices to parameters that allows it ...

Now Sprint's policy states that Sprint will only provide unlock codes to customers who have devices that are no longer under contract with Sprint (PDF). AT&T has long had a policy that restricted ...