T-Mobile and Vodafone will go head to head in a Hamburg court this week in their fight over marketing rights for Apple’s iPhone in Germany. A date for the hearing has been set for November 29.
Vodafone last week filed an injunction with German courts requesting a hearing over T-Mobile’s exclusive rights to sell iPhones in Germany. It questioned the legality of T-Mobile locking iPhones to its network and its binding contracts for users.
German laws are different to those in the UK, and the exclusive T-Mobile-Apple deal could be illegal. If the court finds in favour of Vodafone, iPhones will have to be available unlocked in Germany.
Since the injunction last week T-Mobile has already changed its iPhone offer and is now selling Sim-free iPhones for over £700.
German iPhone fans will be waiting with baited breath for the court’s decision this week, as will we.
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