Laws and Practices
The US and UK do not have any laws governing SIM locking, but carriers often offer unlocking codes, not necessarily free of charge.
Many countries listed below have some form of SIM-locking laws specifying the period of SIM locking and the cost of obtaining unlocking codes.
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