08 Aug 2007
Ruling Allows Cell Phone Unlocking, but Telco Sues Anyway

Another example of what's become a modern business principle: just because you buy something doesn't mean you own it.

Tracfone, a prepaid-wireless provider, drops its legal challenge to a regulatory decision allowing Americans to unlock their cell phones and move them to other carriers. It has successfully sued cell phone unlockers anyway and it's making plenty of money.

(link) [Wired Top Stories]

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