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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RE[2]: priorities messed up
by ari-free on Thu 18th Dec 2008 08:56 UTC in reply to "RE: priorities messed up"
ari-free
Member since:
2007-01-22

heard of Windows Mobile? Sure looks like a phone to me. ;)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/default.mspx

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RE[3]: priorities messed up
by spiderman on Thu 18th Dec 2008 09:00 in reply to "RE[2]: priorities messed up"
spiderman Member since:
2008-10-23

Yes you're right, but 99% of the phones run Symbian.

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RE[4]: priorities messed up
by ari-free on Thu 18th Dec 2008 09:45 in reply to "RE[3]: priorities messed up"
ari-free Member since:
2007-01-22

Good, I hope the govt doesn't screw around with Symbian either.

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RE[3]: priorities messed up
by mightshade on Thu 18th Dec 2008 13:24 in reply to "RE[2]: priorities messed up"
mightshade Member since:
2008-11-20

Doesn't to me. Windows Mobile is an operating system for phones. What Microsoft provides on that site is a list of phones running their system and links to where you can buy them. They don't sell the phones themselves.

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