Finally, you can unlock your phone without a hassle!

The nation's top wireless carriers today relented on the cell phone unlocking issue, committing to a voluntary set of principles that will make it easier for consumers to unlock their devices.

"We believe this agreement will continue to foster the world-leading range of devices and offerings that Americans enjoy today," CTIA, the wireless industry trade association, said in a statement.

The carriers that have signed on are AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon Wireless.

The move comes about a month after the FCC's new chairman, Tom Wheeler, penned a note to Steve Largent, president and CEO of CTIA, to push for "an amendment to your Consumer Code in which this industry would address consumers' rights to unlock their mobile wireless devices once their contracts are fulfilled."

Wheeler backed a five-point plan, but CTIA was apparently not supportive of a provision that required carriers to either notify customers when their devices were eligible for unlocking or just unlock those devices for free, automatically, when eligible.

It appears CTIA has had a change of heart. In a Thursday letter to Wheeler and the FCC commissioners, Largent said the carriers have agreed to a six-point plan that includes notification.

Specifically, the carriers have committed to: posting information about their unlocking policies; unlocking the phones of customers who have satisfied their contracts; unlocking the phones of pre-paid customers no later than one year after they first become a customer; notifying customers when their phones are eligible for unlocking and/or automatically unlocking; unlocking devices within two business days; and unlocking devices for deployed military personnel.