The Boston Globe   Wireless users may get more choice  Congress
asked to ease rules on unlocking phones  WASHINGTON — For a
decade, consumers have been able to keep their cellphone numbers
even if they switched their wireless carriers. On Monday, the
Obama administration and the Federal Communications Commission
said consumers should also be able to switch carriers and keep
their actual phones.  For consumers, being able to take their
iPhone or any other type of handset with them when they switch
carriers could make it easier to take advantage of lower rates
once an initial contract is fulfilled. That might mean more
price competition and more choices for cellphone customers.
Continue reading below  The administration and the FCC announced
that they will urge Congress to overturn a ruling made last year
by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress that made it
illegal for consumers to unlock their cellphones, opening the
protective software that restricts most phones from working on
another carrier’s n