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Orange, Apple’s exclusive partner in France, is required to sell the iPhone unlocked, if requested by a customer. The reason: French law prohibits the tying of a device to a cellular service. Operators can sell phones for a lower price if they subsidize it, but if the customer just wants the phone, they have to sell it to him or her, even at a higher price. Read my post on Muniwireless.

Ending the speculation, the CEO of Orange (France Telecom’s mobile subsidiary) revealed that Apple has chosen Orange as its exclusive partner in France. The price of the iPhone isn’t known yet but it will be sold in France starting November. Orange joins O2 (UK) and T-Mobile (Germany) as Apple’s partners in Europe.