U.S. Copyright Office OKs Handset Unlocking
RCR Wireless News, November 28, 2006
By Jeffrey Silva
The U.S. Copyright Office recommended that mobile-phone subscribers beginning Dec. 1 can keep their handsets to use on other wireless networks when they change cellular operators, a minimum three-year ruling with huge implications for carriers and vendors.
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