The german court decide to give exclusivity for selling i-phone’s in germany. Finally it helps apple’s strategy for i-phone selling by a single operator in each country. In late November, Vodafone complained that T-Mobile, which won the German exclusivity deal to sell the handset, was being anti-competitive by not allowing the handset to be used on other networks, while locking users into 24-month contracts.

Vodafone won a temporary injunction against T-Mobile, forcing it to start selling unlocked iPhones. T-Mobile did so, but at a price of €999 (£719). The price of an iPhone on a 24-month contract at T-Mobile Germany is €399 (£287). Now this injunction has been overturned by the Regional Court of Hamburg and T-Mobile has stopped selling unlocked iPhones.

A vodafone spokesperson saying that they haven’t received court order yet but we will examine the situation and take disciplinary action. Unlocked i-phones are still available in france market however as a competition laws makes the orange the exclusivity for apple’s i-phone in france.