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    While the expected Christmas price battle has proved a damp squib, Will Draper, analyst at Execution, thinks it is just round the corner. "France Telecom will keep prices high in the run-up to Christmas to ensure they capture premium subscribers who were starved of the iPhone but were loyal to Orange ... When Vodafone joins the market the gloves will come off." Vodafone secured a deal to also sell the iPhone on the day that Orange announced that it had broken O2's stranglehold on the device in the UK. Full Article at The Independent
    France Telecom will keep prices high in the run-up to Christmas to ensure they capture premium subscribers who were starved of the iPhone but were loyal to Orange ... When Vodafone joins the market the gloves will come off.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
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Orange dashes hopes of Christmas iPhone price war
  1. Earlier this year we stated our ambition to become the destination brand of choice for high-end mobile users in the UK. With the launch of the iPhone on November 10 we're pleased to be fulfilling that ambition.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  2. O2 has received some criticism for not investing adequately in its network to keep up with iPhone usage and a chunk of O2 customers will probably move over to Orange. However, must customers don't really care about the network. Mainly they are happy as long as they can make a call and get their data in ...
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  3. We have seem more than a quarter of a million customers register their interest on our website.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  4. The excitement for the iPhone is immense
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago

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