Congress Whips Up Laws to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking
Response to White House petition should help consumers switch phone carriers
When the Internet speaks, Congress jumps. Only days after the White House came out in support of a White House petition to legalize cell phone unlocking, a number of lawmakers have taken up the cause and introduced legislation.
No fewer than two bills were introduced in the Senate, and a number of lawmakers in both chambers and political parties have spoken out in favor of new laws to fix a decision made in January by the Library of Congress that requires consumers to obtain permission from carriers in order to legally unlock their phones (in other words, to switch carriers).
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