RE: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Darren Stephens
? No. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nic Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 3:26 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http

Re: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Brian Butterworth
I was under the impression that the law in the UK (and indeed the EU) forbids phone companies from locking phones to networks for more than a year, and if you are already an O2 customer and get one of these phones you can demand it unlocked after your original 12 months are up. On 17/09/2007, Nic

Re: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Adam Lindsay
Ian Forrester wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/17/mobilephones.apple (I'm quite curious about the as much as 40% of any revenues quote in the article: everywhere else has reported a consensus of 10%.) In the light of the amount of unlocking or hacking going on. Don't

RE: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Andrew Bowden
(I'm quite curious about the as much as 40% of any revenues quote in the article: everywhere else has reported a consensus of 10%.) In the light of the amount of unlocking or hacking going on. Don't you think the rest were actually quite lucky to have not got into this deal with Apple?

Re: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 17/09/2007, Andrew Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (I'm quite curious about the as much as 40% of any revenues quote in the article: everywhere else has reported a consensus of 10%.) In the light of the amount of unlocking or hacking going on. Don't you think the rest were actually

RE: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Andrew Bowden
On 17/09/2007, Andrew Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (I'm quite curious about the as much as 40% of any revenues quote in the article: everywhere else has reported a consensus of 10%.) In the light of the amount

Re: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 17/09/2007, Andrew Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/09/2007, Andrew Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (I'm quite curious about the as much as 40% of any revenues quote in the article: everywhere else has reported a consensus of 10%.) In the light of the amount of

Re: [backstage] O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price

2007-09-17 Thread Gordon Joly
At 15:30 +0100 17/9/07, Adam Lindsay wrote: Ian Forrester wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/17/mobilephones.apple (I'm quite curious about the as much as 40% of any revenues quote in the article: everywhere else has reported a consensus of 10%.) In the light of the