[IP] Orange to offer UNLOCKED iPhones in France

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Title: Orange to offer UNLOCKED iPhones in France

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From: Ole Jacobsen [mailto:ole@cisco.com]
Sent: Wed 10/17/2007 10:01 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: Orange to offer UNLOCKED iPhones in France



This is on http://www.powerpage.org/ today:

France to Have Option to Buy Unlocked iPhone Through Orange
17 October 2007 09:18 EST
Chris Barylick

If you didn't want to live in France before, you may want to think
about moving over there now.

Following up on the news of Apple choosing Orange as its exclusive
telecom provider for the iPhone per its release in the country on
November 29th, Orange has also announced that the company will be
selling an unlocked version of the iPhone for a somewhat higher price.

The moves comes as a concession to French law that forbids bundling
the sale of a mobile phone and mobile operator. According to the
International Herald Tribune, Orange has agreed within the terms of
its contract to give Apple a portion of its service revenue for
business that the iPhone will generate with the handset in France.

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Ole

Ole J. Jacobsen
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Cisco Systems
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