Europeans largest network provider Vodafone has today obtained a court order requiring rival T-Mobile to sell the iPhone without a contract.
A Hamburg Court handed down the order to T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom stating that the court requires a response within two weeks.
Deutsche Telekon had confirmed the ruling.
Meanwhile the Dow Jones appears to offer a somewhat different coverage of the matter implying that the temporary injunction handed down by the court prevents the sale of any iPhone units in Germany, as opposed to just those with a contract.