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Cerberus · 02-04-2008, 19:45

Having worked for 2 mobile phone companies, I would say that these subsidy codes are illegal. When you take out a contract for 12,18 or 24 months the cost of the handset is subsidised by your tariff. Mobile phone manufacturers supply these handsets to various networks for use on their network only. The only people that can unlock mobile handsets from the network, for use on other networks, are the network it was originally purchased on.

02-04-2008, 19:45	#2
Cerberus Permanently Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 48 Posts: 978	Re: Are Virgin Media missing a trick? Having worked for 2 mobile phone companies, I would say that these subsidy codes are illegal. When you take out a contract for 12,18 or 24 months the cost of the handset is subsidised by your tariff. Mobile phone manufacturers supply these handsets to various networks for use on their network only. The only people that can unlock mobile handsets from the network, for use on other networks, are the network it was originally purchased on.