Remember how carriers used to turn you down when you requested that your phone be unlocked? Even if your phone was paid off, the carriers could deny you the opportunity to unlock your handset. But that is no longer possible thanks to an agreement signed in 2013 between the carriers and the FCC. Today is the deadline for for the carriers to comply with all aspects of the agreement.
Starting today, if you have paid off your phone (regardless if it was done via a subsidized contract or an installment plan), or own a pre-paid phone for a year, all four of the major U.S. mobile operators have …
