Monday, November 19, 2007

Vodafone obtains restraining order on T-Mobile’s Apple iPhone sales in Germany

"The German unit of Vodafone Group PLC has obtained a restraining order against Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile unit prohibiting the German telecommunications giant from selling Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Germany," Stefan Mechnig reports for Dow Jones Newswires.

"Vodafone is questioning Deutsche Telekom's iPhone sales practices [regarding to] the iPhone's exclusive use in T-Mobile's network and the use of the device being limited to certain fees within T- Mobile's subscription offerings," Mechnig reports.

Vodafone isn't generally opposed to T-Mobile's exclusivity contract with Apple, but wants to have these new sales practices examined... The restraining order doesn't aim at a total sales stop," Mechnig reports.

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