Many people don’t realize if they buy their phone from their phone company, it will be locked to prevent it from working on the networks of any other carrier. (Jim Rossman/TNS)(Jim Rossman / TNS ...

Because Verizon already has to unlock devices after 60 days, T-Mobile has made plays to try to get its users to switch, including offering a "Network Pass" program that lets you sample its network ...

The White House has responded to a petition to make unlocking cell phones legal. It says it fully supports the petition.

Unlocked phones typically get support straight from the manufacturer. However, this is an instance where locked phones might actually have the advantage, as your carriers support might be better ...

That’s why the carriers should be forced to unlock phones domestically too after the initial two-year contract has been satisfied — and the subsidy repaid.

As lawmakers argue, carriers have until 2015 to unlock all off-contract phones. Read the whole story ...