If you’re a cellular customer in the United States, today marks a very important day for you. As of today, cellular unlocking is legal in the U.S. again – which basically means you can now unlock your mobile phone, including the iPhone or any Android smartphone, to work on any carrier in the country. According to the White House, President Barack Obama is signing the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act today. The Act, which was brought on by Senator Patrick Leahy, and was already agreed upon by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, essentially reinstates a copyright exemption that legalized the modification of a mobile device’s firmware in order to remove carrier restrictions, both by the owners/consumers of the device, or authorized third-party sources.

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