Vodafone new Zealand now SIM Locking

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

They have been doing that for at least eight years and possibly longer in the UK!

Andrew.


-----Original Message-----
From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com on behalf of Jonathan Mosen
Sent: Thu 01/05/2008 08:04
To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
Subject: Vodafone new Zealand now SIM Locking
 
For the few of you who also live in new Zealand on this list, please be
aware of the following statement from Vodeafone which is a preeptary move
against GSM offerings coming later in the year from Telecom, Orcon, and NZ
Communications.
 
Vodafone's mobiles are sold exclusively for use on Vodafone New Zealand's
network. 

 

>From 1 May we are locking new handsets to our network.  All new handsets
sold will include information about handset locking and how to unlock
handsets.

 

Locked handsets can be unlocked for a fee of $50.

 

This is being done to protect the customers' experience of the Vodafone
brand.  Vodafone brands its mobiles with both the Vodafone and Vodafone
Live! look and feel.  If a customers takes a Vodafone mobile to another
network, the customer won't be able to access the Vodafone experience and
services.

 

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