Paris Appeals Court Confirms No IPhone Exclusive for Orange
Wed, Feb 4th, 2009 |
Mobile phone operator Orange may not have exclusive rights to distribute Apple's iPhone in France, the Paris Court of Appeals confirmed Wednesday, upholding a ruling made by the national competition council in December.
Apple launched the iPhone in the U.S. with an exclusive distribution deal with AT&T, a sales model it later replicated for the European launch with O2 in the U.K., T-Mobile in Germany and Orange in France.
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