According to Ofcom, nearly half of mobile phone customers who try to unlock their phone find it difficult, while more than a third of people who decide aga ...

WASHINGTON — Major U.S. wireless carriers on Thursday pledged to make it easier for consumers to "unlock" their mobile phones for use on competitors' networks, responding to pressure from ...

The unlocking of cell phones has been a hot topic of discussion since the beginning of time – okay, not that long, but you catch my drift. Carriers were vehemently opposed to unlocking devices ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle pass a bill that will make unlocking a cell phone legal again. But will it really give consumers more choices?

In 2012, the Library of Congress ruled that you couldn't unlock your cell phone from your carrier without their permission. Congress has finally passed a law that will make it legal again.

Beginning Friday, August 1st, it is once again legal to unshackle your carrier-locked cell phone in the United States. President Obama on Friday signed the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless ...

A bill sitting on President Obama's desk is likely to please consumers. If it becomes law, it will make legal the practice of "unlocking" mobile phones so they can be used on any carrier with a ...

The agreement comes almost 12 months after more than 114,000 people petitioned the White House to take a stand against the Librarian of Congress’s decision to make cell phone unlocking illegal.

Nokia and Sony Ericsson are looking to crack the unlocked phone market in the U.S., but their quest will be an uphill battle.

Legislation to allow people to "unlock" their cell phones won unanimous support on Capitol Hill and is about to become law. But the bill won't have much practical effect for most people. Cell ...

Bill would let consumers "unlock" mobile phones Cellphone "unlocking" to become legal And besides being temporary, the new law may also be redundant.

A bill making it legal to unlock mobile phones narrowly passed in the House, after language was added to exclude unlocking for "bulk resale." ...