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Apple's iPhone exclusivity plan unravels
News Apple's unique tactic for its first foray into the cellular handset market has been to sign an exclusivity deal with one operator in each country where the iPhone has been released. Although the exact terms of these deals remain murky, it is clear...
[November 22, 2007, 14:45]
Orange gets UK exclusivity for Touch HD
News Orange is going to be the exclusive carrier of the HTC Touch HD handset in the UK, the operator has said. On Monday, Orange said it would be carrying the handset from "early November". The Touch HD has garnered a degree of interest for its use of a...
[October 27, 2008, 14:13]
Release date reported for Orange iPhone
Blog Orange will start selling the iPhone in the UK a day after O2's exclusivity on Apple's popular handset ends, according to reports. O2 launched the iPhone in the UK on 9 November 2007, through an exclusivity deal with Apple that the operator would...
[October 26, 2009, 15:47]
Orange unveils iPhone tariffs, release date
News The French-owned company will start offering the iPhone on 10 November, a day after O2's exclusivity period ends. Orange announced its iPhone move in late September, at the same time as O2 announced it would begin selling the Palm Pre device, on...
[November 2, 2009, 16:19]
T-Mobile Germany stops selling unlocked iPhones
News 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.
[December 4, 2007, 14:08]
Orange to review high-street strategy
News That move prompted a startling rebuke from Carphone Warehouse, claiming not only that Vodafone had approached it first proposing exclusivity, but that Phones4u's deal with the operator was based on "guaranteeing volumes of sales for networks...
[October 13, 2006, 12:55]
Orange lines up Android phone for UK release
News Orange has already released an Android handset in France, although the UK exclusivity deal for that model — the G1 or HTC Dream — went to T-Mobile. Vodafone then acquired UK exclusivity for the HTC Magic.
[June 11, 2009, 17:12]
Premier moved goalposts in football game deal - Eidos
News Also] they wanted to be able to sub-license to other software companies, which takes out the exclusivity completely. I would find it very, very, difficult to believe that the Premier League can find a software publisher to actually buy into a deal...
[September 10, 1997, 9:55]
Record labels targeted in Napster suit
News That exclusivity provision amounted to "misuse of copyright," said Napster attorney Celia Goldwag Barenholtz. The file-swapping company struck a deal earlier this year to carry MusicNet songs in its own forthcoming subscription service--but the...
[October 11, 2001, 12:01]
EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches
News MSH and Intel had a written agreement that contained a non-exclusivity provision, but the retail company told the Commission that "it was clear to MSH that despite the non-exclusivity clause, the exclusive nature of the relationship remained, for...
[September 21, 2009, 15:07]
AMD-Intel balance unchanged by EU fine
News AMD's private antitrust case also alleges Intel rebates conditioned on exclusivity or near exclusivity and Intel payments conditioned on delaying AMD-based products, Wolin said. But don't expect Wednesday's antitrust enforcement move to radically...
[May 14, 2009, 9:56]
Vodafone to sell the iPhone next year
News The news follows Orange's announcement on Monday that it too will start selling the iPhone, a move that will end O2's two-year exclusivity on Apple's popular handset. Vodafone is to carry the iPhone in the UK early next year, the operator said on...
[September 29, 2009, 10:58]
Orange pairs with Apple on iPhone deal
News The move marks the end of competitor O2's lucrative exclusivity on Apple's handset in this country, and comes days after O2 announced the release details for the rival Palm Pre smartphone, on which it has UK exclusivity.
[September 28, 2009, 12:45]
Well with regards to the iphone..
Talkback All this cant have helped it at all I don't see the point to exclusivity deals, I know I'll make the worlds greatest phone and then I'll fail to allow 75% of the world to buy the sodding thing. S yup thats real initiative.
[October 6, 2009, 17:23]
I think this is wrong...
Talkback Yeah I think this is bad on a whole for business in any country because exclusivity goes against competitive practice all round, and drives false market values which in turn only drop off once the term expires.
[September 28, 2009, 23:52]
O2 lands exclusive deal for Palm Pre
News The operator already has UK exclusivity for the iPhone. The phone was launched in North America at the start of June, and today's Europe-wide exclusivity contract with O2 parent Telefónica marks the first foray for the Pre into the rest of the world.
[July 7, 2009, 11:48]
Carphone Warehouse hits out at rivals
News But late on Thursday Carphone Warehouse issued a statement claiming that Vodafone had approached it before approaching Phones 4u, looking for the same kind of exclusivity deal. Carphone Warehouse responded to its plummeting share price on Thursday...
[October 12, 2006, 17:40]
Unlocked goodness
Talkback Given that operator exclusivity has gone out the window with this handset - plus the fact that it's an own-brand HTC job - I think unlocked versions will be available. Unsure of the SIM-free price right now, though.
[June 25, 2009, 16:46]
Network lock-in still a problem
Talkback critics of the iPhone always pointed out it's 2G-ness, now that that's solved, the iPhone's biggest obstacle is network exclusivity, does Apple realise they'd sale a lot more iPhones if they weren't tied to a single network?
[June 10, 2008, 9:10]
Let's get this straight...
Talkback If it's such a crap piece of kit I don't suppose the UK networks will mind if the competition have exclusivity on this hardware. .Apple's big mistake is in trying to advance the mobile phone market? You dumb-ass!
[January 16, 2007, 1:03]
