When my Verizon contract on this phone ends. Will Verizon unlock my phone to use on a USA GSM carrier? As I will own the phone at that time and the new law that President Obama signed allows unlocking, will Verizon do this?
S. 517: Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act
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- Introduced:
- Mar 11, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Status:
- Enacted — Signed by the President on Aug 1, 2014
- Law:
- This bill became the law numbered Pub.L. 113-144
- The bill would allow consumers to use their mobile devices with any wireless carrier. It also expands the right to unlock devices from mobile phones to all wireless devices. Unlocking mobile devices would allow consumers to choose their wireless service provider and would prevent wireless providers from restricting mobile phones to operating only on certain networks.
