“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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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “ChrissyOne” for the heads up.]
Vodafone feeling the pain?
MacDailyNews Note: Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless in the U.S., which also blew the iPhone deal, losing out to AT&T.