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Jeff Campbell
03-12-2010, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.iphonealley.com/current/o2-ireland-to-allow-iphone-users-option-to-unlock-handsets?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+iphonealley/sitewide+(iPhone+Alley+-+Site-wide)' target='_blank'>http://www.iphonealley.com/current/...ey+-+Site-wide)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"In a somewhat surprising move today, wireless carrier O2 Ireland announced that its customers would be able to unlock Apple's iPhone. Per the O2 forum, Rod Coleman, head of O2's Customer Care unit, discussed the decision surrounding the unlocking on iPhones, especially those who want to pass on old handsets."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1268414561.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>You have to meet several criteria, which are:</p><ul><li>Registered on the O2 forum;</li><li>Prepaid customers must have reached minimum of&nbsp;&euro;150 on the registered SIM card (this excludes bonus credits);</li><li>And you must have purchased the iPhone from O2 Ireland.</li></ul><p>You can get more info on the <a href="http://www.o2online.ie/" target="_blank">O2 forum</a> about this particular topic.&nbsp;</p>