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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Force mobile networks to sell the iPhone and other mobile phones without a sim lock. More details
Submitted by Chris Delaney – Deadline to sign up by: 28 November 2007 – Signatures: 20
More details from petition creator
Sim locking prevents users from using other mobile networks with their phones, which results in high roaming charges when abroard, and prevents competition.
While we understand that mobile operators subsidise phone costs, we are locked into a contract period when buying the phone, which should be enough to ensure that we use their service so they recover their costs, sim locking is excessive.
Sim locking is an unfair practice as it makes your property useless if you leave your provider after your contract period is up, and prevents you from using a rival service.
Current signatories
Chris Delaney, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Joe Darby
- L MacDonald
- bob rayner (the contracts encourage some people to churn each year, subsidised by those who don't)
- Imran Zafar
- Robert Burns
- Nic Brough
- Andy Langdon
- Ashley Izat
- Paul Smith
- Khalifa Saleh
- Francesca Grima
- Vincent Mac
- Chris Keddie
- James Jenkins-Yates
- Iain McDonald
- David Dewhurst
- Andrew Loughran
- Ivan Teblin
- Caroline McDonald Wood
