Vodafone Balks at T-Mobile iphone Deal

November 20th, 2007

A German court has ordered T-Mobile to change its marketing campaign for Apple’s iPhone and has issued a restraining order prohibiting the company from selling the Mac-maker’s handset.Vodafone’s German unit is behind the action. The company petitioned the court to block sales of the iPhone in Germany until its complaints about an exclusive agreement between Apple and T-Mobile are addressed.

“We’re not taking any plans to replicate these actions anywhere else, or in the UK,” a Vodafone spokesperson was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as saying. “It’s a different regulatory environment. We believe it’s more to do with a breach of local German laws.”

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