For postpaid users, T-Mobile says it allows unlocking of fully paid-off phones that have been active for at least 40 days. But given the 365-day lock on prepaid users, T-Mobile's overall policy is ...

Unlocking a phone allows it to be used with any carrier that ... applications and computer systems and transmitted that information to John Doe Defendants 1-50 through the remote server," AT&T ...

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It is now legal, again, to unlock your cell phone, thanks to the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act. Here's everything you need to know.

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.

It was just a couple days ago that Apple announced it had sold more than 1 million iPhones, and iPhoneSimFree went on sale as the only software-only unlocking solution for unhitching the iPhone ...

A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled an international criminal network that used the iServer automated phishing-as-a-service platform to unlock the stolen or lost mobile phones of ...

You trade in your current phone and AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon will give you a hefty discount on a new one so long as you are willing to be on a certain plan and stay with them for 24 to 36 months.

The bill, as written, would also allow the Library of Congress to again review the phone unlocking provisions in the DMCA in 2015, Khanna added. Congress should pass a permanent exemption, he said.

Verizon says the 60-day phone unlocking rule it currently has to follow is outdated, proposing that the FCC waive it in favor of better industry practices.