Sprint Customer Can Unlock Their Phone Upon Termination
When we thought the lock/unlock phone only applicable in GSM world and the CDMA phone has closely tied in to the CDMA carrier issuing the phone. In other word, If I have an old Sprint phone, I can only eBay it to another Sprint subscriber. It is no longer true!
Arstechnica reports Sprint has decided to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the company was engaging in anti-competitive practices by locking mobile handsets sold through the carrier.
The company has agreed to provide unlock codes to current and former customers so that they can use their Sprint CDMA phones on other CDMA-enabled carriers (e.g. Verizon), upon deactivation or after deactivation of the account. It has also agreed to add information about unlocking to its Terms and Conditions, and to train customer service personnel to address questions related to unlocking handsets.
The company says, however, that it has agreed to settle the case “for the purpose of avoiding the uncertainties and expense of, and diversion of business resources resulting from, further litigation.” As long as customers have no outstanding obligations with Sprint, they will be able to obtain unlock codes upon request from the carrier. This will apply to any current or past customers who have purchased phones from Sprint between August 28, 1999 and July 16, 2007.
All we read this right, this means also, iPhone users can get their phone unlocked after 2-year agreement with AT&T?
[Via Arstechnica]
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