O2 is keeping users guessing as to whether it will allow them to unlock their iPhones when their current contracts come to an end.
At present, the mobile giant is still the exclusive network for the iPhone in the UK, but some users have already by-passed O2's official line of not sanctioning unlocking by doing it themselves on the sly.
Both Orange and Vodafone recently announced that they will offer the iPhone on their networks by the end of the year and early 2010 respectively. As such, it seems O2 is mulling things over and still trying to decide whether or not it will provide parting customers with an unlock code to port their devices over to a competitor.
"We did not offer unlocking at the end of a customer's iPhone contract as we had the exclusive contract for the iPhone in the UK," an O2 spokesperson told The Register. "Obviously, that situation has changed... and we are currently working through what will happen."
IT PRO contacted O2 for more information about the comments, but while a spokesman confirmed they were genuine, he added that the company did not have anything further to add.
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