The president on Friday signed into law a measure that reverses a ban on unlocking that took effect last year. The new law, prosaically dubbed the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless ...

In a big win for consumers, President Obama on Friday signed into law the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, which makes it legal once again for consumers to unlock their ...

It’s about to get easier for consumer to change their cell phone providers.

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 ...

Unlocking your phone still illegal while carriers meet “voluntary” rules As lawmakers argue, carriers have until 2015 to unlock all off-contract phones.

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.

Consumers who want to change cellular providers could soon find it easier to keep using their existing cellphones under a bill that advanced Thursday in the Senate.

House passes watered-down phone unlocking bill that bans “bulk” resale Bill would legalize cell phone unlocking for individuals only.

Passed by a 295-114 vote, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act would repeal a 2012 decision by the Library of Congress that made cell phone unlocking a violation of the 1998 ...

Buying a used cell phone carries a risk that it may be locked by the wireless service carrier. Consumer Reports experts offer tips about what to do with a locked cell phone.