Communication Breakdown
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Monday 16 July 2007, 6:22 PM
T-Mobile forced to open up to Truphone
Score one for the underdog. Truphone has succeeded in its application for an injunction against T-Mobile. To recap, the mobile phone operator had been blocking its users from calling any number that's assigned to the fledgling VoIP provider, which offers a client for smartphones that can run internet telephony through the handset's Wi-Fi connection or via 3G. Truphone claimed that T-Mobile UK was the only operator in the world to be putting such a block in place. Heck, even the other T-Mobiles were playing ball.
According to Truphone chief James Tagg: "The injunction is good news not only for Truphone but for every company trying to develop internet-era services and for every consumer wanting freedom of choice and lower prices." If T-Mobile forces this one to go to full trial, then some interesting precedents are going to be set.
In keeping with Truphone's DIY, vlog-happy ethic, here's their YouTube video in reaction to the court's decision...
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