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Why would Apple need carriers and vice versa? 3GPP is a series of standards for a reason.

This blocking is a net neutrality issue. Hope it doesn't hold, at least in Europe.

Just because the tech is standardized doesn't mean Apple could just fly on their own. The carriers are entrenched via spectrum ownership. It would be impossible for Apple to build a network without the right spectrum.

Maybe I should have been more clear. I meant that as long as you uphold the standards you can connect to any network.

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