Germany approves T-Mobile iPhone lockdown
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Dec 4, 2007 at 12:53pm
T-Mobile can sell theiPhone exclusively locked to its own service, a German court ruled Tuesday, reversing an injunction last month requiring the company to sell an unlocked version in Europe’s biggest economy, reports the Associated Press.
The Hamburg District Court said that T-Mobile, part of Deutsche Telekom AG, could indeed sell the phone, coupled with a two-year contract, that could not be used on networks provided by rival wireless companies. The arrangement is similar to those Apple has with other carriers around the world. In the United States, AT&T is Apple’s exclusive partner.
The company will stop selling an unlocked version but said that after customers’ contracts expire, it will unlock their iPhone at no charge, notes the AP.
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