The British wireless regulator Ofcom will ban operators from selling locked phones from December next year. Such phones can only work in their parent network unless they are unlocked – a process that usually costs around £ 10 and in some cases involves a long wait. About half of the users who tried to unlock their phones had difficulty.
It discourages people from changing carriers when their contract expires, according to the regulator. Hence the ban, which “will save people time, money and effort – and help them unlock better deals”, according to Ofcom’s Accession Director Selina Chadha.
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Some companies such as O2, Sky, Three, and Virgin already sell only unlocked phones. Those who do not – EE (and parent BT), Vodafone, and Tesco Mobile – have one year to change.
Ofcom also has plans to make it easier to switch home internet providers. These changes will enter into force no later than December 2022.
