iPhone brings carrier lock-in to the forefront


	iPhone brings carrier lock-in to the forefront

rickmahn

2-27-2008 10:36 PM

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iphone, legislation, carrier lockin

rickmahn says:

The iPhone & Apple is the example used to show how anti-competitive vendor lock-in has become in the wireless world.

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