T-Mobile wins German iPhone monopoly lawsuit
December 4, 2007 by dennis
A conclusion was reached in the case of Vodafone vs. T-Mobile regarding iPhone’s distribution in Germany. The decision in this case was supposed to come yesterday, but it was delayed by the judges until today.
The whole thing of course started when Vodafone accused T-Mobile of monopoly due to the fact that T-Mobile implemented the standard Apple business model for the iPhone in Germany, which consists of selling locked handsets through one exclusive mobile service provider in each territory.
Vodafone, which was previously very keen on being the exclusive European iPhone distributor while subsequently failing in that bid, even managed to obtain a court injunction against T-Mobile, ordering the latter to sell both locked and unlocked iPhones.
However, today’s decision means that it’s the end of the line for Vodafone’s iPhone ambitions, at least in Germany, as Reuters reports that a German court ruled that T-Mobile may continue to offer locked iPhones with binding mobile service contracts.
And although this lawsuit is now over, there’s quite a few more iPhone related lawsuits of all kinds coming up… Just check out our iPhone lawsuits news archive.
Tags: app, Apple, case, Europe, iPhone, News, O2, OS, UK, unlock
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T-Mobile wins German iPhone monopoly lawsuit
Article by dennis
Dennis Sloutsky is one of the oldest members of iPhoneWorld.ca, having co-started the site in January 2007. He stills owns an iPhone 2G and uses it sometimes just for fun. His hobbies include traveling, writing and playing his guitar.
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