Orange and Vodafone remove N95 VOIP - Truphone to lodge official complaint with UK authorities

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The Register reports that VOIP company Truphone is to lodge an official complaint with the UK telecoms regulator OFCOM against phone network operators Orange and Vodafone, over the networks' crippling of the Nokia N95 to remove VOIP functionality. Truphone has a video of the N95's crippling here
El Reg also report that Orange has started crippling VOIP on the E61 as well. In related news, the UK Trading Standards body is advising anyone in Britain who has bought a VOIP-capable handset which has been crippled by network operators to contact them at the Consumer Direct government website.