Over the years, I’ve heard many misconceptions about prepaid carriers — claims such as you can’t get device protection, all prepaid plans are slower than postpaid, or that they lack roaming. While ...

WASHINGTON — Mobile telephone carriers must allow customers’ competitors to connect to their networks, and they must make roaming available to competitors for a “reasonable” cost, the Federal ...

International data roaming occurs when you travel to another country and your phone connects to a local carrier's network. This allows you to continue using data services, but it can be expensive.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to require mobile carriers to enter into data-roaming agreements with competitors, despite objections that the agency doesn’t have the authority to ...