Congress Passes Mobile Device Unlocking Bill

Selena Larson, ReadWriteWeb
Fri, 07/25/2014 - 5:05am

Soon, you'll once again be able to switch mobile carriers without needing to buy a new device.The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to make it legal for people to unlock their mobile devices in order to use them on a different carrier without breaking copyright laws. Though the legislation applies to cellphones, it requires the Librarian of Congress to consider including wireless devices like tablets as well.

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