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It was not true in Europe either. You could of course use any device, and in many countries bundling a device with a phone contract was even expressly forbidden
by distances 4y ago
It was not true in Europe either. You could of course use any device, and in many countries bundling a device with a phone contract was even expressly forbidden. Carriers had no control at all.
Insert the usual disclaimer that Europe has a lot of countries with different legislation, but the carrier stranglehold was a US specific problem.
- pmontra 4y agoI've been working for a carrier in Italy in the first half of 2000s. We designed some phones with manufacturers but any phone could work on our network AFAIK. There was not much choice at the beginning because we only had a 3G network and there were very few 3G phones (only one at launch.)