Vodafone's German unit is dialing up its opposition to rival operator T-Mobile's exclusive partnership with Apple, which requires iPhone buyers to commit to two-year T-Mobile service contracts. Claiming the terms of the Apple deal are uncompetitive according to German law, Vodafone has been granted a temporary injunction against T-Mobile, with a Hamburg court hearing scheduled in two weeks--Vodafone said it does not want to halt T-Mobile's iPhone sales, but wants consumers to be granted the freedom to select their own network provider. "We believe that T-Mobile has breached a local law in Germany," a Vodafone spokesman told the BBC.
For more on the Vodafone/T-Mobile squabble:
- read this BBC News article [1]
Related articles:
Apple announces German iPhone [2] deal with T-Mobile
O2 chief defends iPhone [3] revenue sharing
iPhone [4] to Vodafone … and O2?
Links:
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7103383.stm
[2] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/apple-announces-german-iphone-deal-t-mobile/2007-09-19
[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/o2-chief-defends-iphone-revenue-sharing/2007-09-14
[4] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/iphone-vodafone-8230-and-o2/2007-08-16?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss