textually.org: F.C.C. Backs Consumers in Unlocking of Cellphones

March 5, 2013

F.C.C. Backs Consumers in Unlocking of Cellphones

The White House and the Federal Communications Commission said consumers should be free to unlock their phones once contracts are satisfied.

The administration and the F.C.C., under Julius Genachowski, announced that they will urge Congress to overturn a ruling last year by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress that made it illegal for consumers to unlock their cellphones, opening the software that restricts most phones from working on another carrier’s network.