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February 21, 2013 08:56 pm GMT

Petition to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking Demands White House Response


An online petition to legalize the practice of unlocking cell phones crossed Thursday the 100,000 signature threshold that qualifies for an official response from the White House.

Unlocking a cell phone frees it up to be used on carriers other than the one on which it was originally intended to operate. Historically, it's been a popular practice among world travelers who use unlocked devices to access foreign carriers' networks and among those who enjoy the freedom to change carriers without incurring costly early termination fees (however, the latter group can still be inhibited by phones' inability to work on other carriers' different wireless technologies).

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