Mobile networks banned from selling locked phones(bbc.com)

57 pointsby pedro-guimaraeshá 6 anos5 comments

Mobile networks banned from selling locked phones

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54692179

5 comments

Good news for the UK hopefully more countries will follow the lead.

It's been illegal to sell locked phones on Canada since 2017, and long before that carriers were forced to unlock a phone after a set period of time (18 months iirc).

calhounhá 6 anos

That's pretty important. Has Canada been working towards more updated-technical laws since then, forgive the ignorance.

pedro-guimaraeshá 6 anos

Indeed... These companies have just too much market power and have lots of legislation to make them safe

chrismellerhá 6 anos

Should probably specify it’s just in the UK. I assumed since it was the BBC, but still...