To unlock a T-Mobile phone, there are several requirements to meet for eligibility, and it can be a more involved process ...

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? Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter ...

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-phone ...

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You are no longer doing something criminal if you unlock your cell phone. The president on Friday signed into law a measure that reverses a ban on unlocking that took effect last year. The new law, ...

Nokia and Sony Ericsson are looking to crack the unlocked phone market in the U.S., but their quest will be an uphill battle. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

Back in October 2012, the Library of Congress, which oversees how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is enforced, ruled that cell phone unlocking without ...

Has this been the experience on those on ATT? I thought that the iphone especially was difficult to unlock, and they'd only grant a code after your contract was up. I've been with Tmobile for a while, ...

The law specifies that consumers can unlock their cell phones without running afoul of copyright laws. President Obama this afternoon signed into law a bill that makes it legal for consumers to unlock ...

Consumers will soon be able to free their cellphones from the grip of wireless carriers thanks to final legislation that Congress passed Friday allowing mobile devices to be unlocked. President Obama ...