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Vodafone challenges T-Mobile's German iPhone monopoly

Vodafone challenges T-Mobiles German iPhone monopoly British telecoms giant Vodafone wants clarification from the courts as to whether T-Mobile should have exclusive rights to distribute Apple's new iPhone in Germany.

Some reports suggest there is a total ban on sales as a result of an injunction but a handful of news services insist that sales are proceeding where the handset is available SIM-free.

T-Mobile allegedly paid Apple between ten and 30 per cent of the operators’ iPhone sales to secure exclusive retail rights, but the legal action could threaten the arrangement - and with it Apple's worldwide business strategy for the all-singing, all-dancing 'Jesus phone'.

German owners of the device currently have to sign up to a two-year T-Mobile network contract, although their French counterparts will be able to use any network on the phone, after a recent court decision.

According to Reuters, a Vodafone spokesman in London said the injunction is unique to the German market and the group did not have any plans to repeat it in England.

But Vodafone chairman Arun Sarin clearly has an eye on his company's global competitors when he described the iPhone as "a pretty poor experience" in a recent interview.

T-Mobile news posted on 20 November 2007

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