Star France Orders Break Up of Orange iPhone Exclusivity Deal
Linked by Kroc Camen on Wed 17th Dec 2008 19:32 UTC, submitted by risbac
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless The French competition council has ordered the iPhone be opened up to other French carriers (Google-translated), breaking the exclusivity deal with Orange (France Telecom). The complaint was filed by France's third largest operator Bouygues Telecom who said that the deal violated local competition laws. Though the ruling [fr] is temporary whilst the issue is investigated further, the ruling did state that the arrangement reduced the effects of price competition, network quality and customer service.
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copy'n paste
by JrezIN on Wed 17th Dec 2008 19:51 UTC
JrezIN
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2005-06-29

"the deal violated local competition laws."

Why don't people copy'n paste when they should?! (two hit combo joke)

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RE: copy'n paste
by Kroc on Wed 17th Dec 2008 20:50 in reply to "copy'n paste"
Kroc Member since:
2005-11-10

Sorry, I don’t understand this; what did I do wrong? I can’t see any spelling mistakes there…

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RE[2]: copy'n paste
by David on Wed 17th Dec 2008 20:53 in reply to "RE: copy'n paste"
David Member since:
1997-10-01

"the the deal violated local competition laws"
"the the"
I fixed it.

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RE[2]: copy'n paste
by JrezIN on Wed 17th Dec 2008 23:50 in reply to "RE: copy'n paste"
JrezIN Member since:
2005-06-29

Sorry, I was talking about the laws (copy'n pasting them... and in the iPhone itself...), not your news item... =]

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