Petition Ban the practise of 'locking' mobile phones to network providers

The practise of locking mobile phones to certain network providers, some times automatically without a users consent, is anti-consumer and provides little insentive for companies to 'unlock' devices.

Phone network providers have no legal requirement to provide the unlock service, and those that do often do so (eventually) for a fee that is disproptionate the the required effort.

If the government is serious about culturing a free and open market, mobile phones should be owned by the consumer not tethered to the business providing the services; such that the consumer is free to switch providers as appropriate.