It seems the onus now rests upon Vodafone to serve up an iPhone deal to get O2 sweating.
Orange Apple iPhone customers will not have unlimited access to streaming sites like Spotify and YouTube with the network claiming users must stay within the 750MB data allowance.
After the buzz-killing announcement that Orange's new iPhone tariffs fail to beat what is already on offer from O2, today's news casts further doubt on the network's ability to shake up the 3GS landscape."We recognise that iPhone customers will use popular streaming services such as YouTube, Spotify," a company spokesman told ElectricPig. "As a result we do not intend to apply network protection controls, as long as customers remain within their usage allowance."
So basically, what Orange is saying is 'we're kind enough to let you eat the luxury box of chocolates you're paying a fortune for, but you're not allowed to eat the whole box.'
O2, who is prepared to let you eat as many chocolates as you want, will be as buoyed by this news as it was by the revelations that Orange were unable to undercut its lofty tariffs.
Spotify, which is selling its Premium subscription service on the basis of unlimited music, will be less chuffed seeing as Orange contracts will only amount to around 13-hours of streaming. Factor in regular web surfing habits and users will be running out of free data by the weekend.
It seems the onus now rests upon Vodafone to serve up an iPhone deal to get O2 sweating, but it's yet to reveal its plans for the handset.
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