Now you can legally unlock your smartphone (thanks, Obama).

UNITED States. National Telecommunications & Information Administration ; UNITED States. Federal Communications Commission

The article focuses on U.S. President Barack Obama's signing of the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act that allows consumers to switch to another mobile service provider. Topics discussed include the law's expiration in 2015, the termination of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) exemption in January 2013, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's request to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for a ruling on unlocking mobile devices.