Petition Stop Networks locking mobile phones to their networks

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At present mobile phone network operators such as Orange can lock new mobile phones so they cannot be used on other rival networks with a new SIM card. They will "unlock" the phones for a £20 fee. This is iniquitous and anti-competitive and should not be allowed. I ask the government to stop mobile phone network operators from selling or distributing mobile phones locked to their network.

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Date closed 26 August 2012
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