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Deutsche Telekom Wins Back iPhone Locking Rights

Posted Dec 4, 07 2:40 PM CST in World,  Business,  Technology 

(Newser) – T-Mobile regained the right to sell iPhones in Germany that use their network exclusively, in a reversal of an injunction last month that forced them to start selling an unlocked version, the AP reports. T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, will link the phones to a two-year contract in an arrangement similar to AT&T’s stewarding of the iPhone in America.

Unlike AT&T, Deutsche Telekom has said that after the contracts expire, the company will unlock the handsets at no charge, allowing them to be used on any network. Since last month’s injunction, initiated after a lawsuit brought by T-Mobile competitor Vodafone, the firm had been selling an unlocked iPhone for 999 euros, more than twice the 399 euro price tag for the contract-bound version.

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CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG Rene Obermann presents an iPhone, before reporting third-quarter results in Bonn, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.(AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)   (Associated Press)
Germany's comedian Ruth Moschner proudly presents the first Apple iPhone after the European wide sales start in Cologne, western Germany, in the night from Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, to Friday Nov. 9, 2007....   (Associated Press)
An Apple iPhone is seen at a T-Mobile shop in Bremen, northern Germany, Friday Nov. 9, 2007. A court said Monday Dec. 3, 2007 it would delay by one day a ruling that has pitted cell phone operators T-Mobile...   (Associated Press)
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