Re: Unlocked French iPhones Still Country-Locked to National Wireless Carriers

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Paul Davey <ip () pdc co uk>
Date: December 15, 2007 1:13:24 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Unlocked French iPhones Still Country-Locked to  
National Wireless Carriers

At 14:50 15/12/2007, David Farber wrote:

> Sad but a nice opportunity for competitors djf

Perhaps a nice opportunity for lawyers as well.

I'm not an a lawyer, nor even an expert, but a fundamental EU  
principle is freedom of movement of goods  (not to mention services,  
people and capital).  (Of course markets are served by national  
carriers.) Restricting use of a device (as opposed to a service) to  
national carriers only might be seen as impinging those rights.

It would be interesting to see if this policy could be challenged  
under EU law in that (as I understand it) as UK resident I should have  
the same opportunities to purchase goods and services from across the  
EU. One could argue that a French resident has better choice of goods  
than those in other countries do.  But of course the right to purchase  
contract free is a French right, not an EU one.

Still I suppose we have the opportunity to use a French SIM for  
roaming but even at the EU capped voice roaming fees (between member  
states) but it would be expensive in data charges.

kind regards.
 Paul





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