IP Convergence: Beyond VoIP, Beyond Cost Savings

Correction, Norm! Virtualy all Europeans get their (highly discounted or free) phones from their provider. Typically this is in trade for a one or two year subscription. On higher end phones, providers apply socalled SIMLock software to avoid that the consumer uses another provider's SIM card. The lock is typically released in the second half of the subscription. There's a lively internet business to remove the software lock at an earlier point in time. Fee is in the range of the $10 that you now owe me. Gert