[Gllug] Phone unlocking

[Rev Simon Rumble]

This one time, at band camp, Ashley Evans wrote:

> On further reading of UnlockMe.co.uk what you say seems to be the case. 
> Nokia do program the codes themselves. The interesting question is why 
> are Nokia interested in having the phones locked to a particular network?
> 
> It's plain to see why the network operators would want to but I can't 
> really see why Nokia would.

Because you aren't Nokia's customer.  The network operator is Nokia's
customer, and they provide the credit ("free" phone) to the
end-customer.  It's a strange power relationship, but that's how it
is.

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