PCCW Seeks Judicial Review Into Apple IPhone 5 Network Block

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PCCW Ltd., which controls Hong Kong’s biggest telecommunications operator, applied to the city’s High Court for a judicial review to challenge the regulator’s handling of phone unlocking.

Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 is blocked from connecting to the fourth-generation wireless networks of PCCW and China Mobile Ltd., while the smartphone can connect to rivals’ 4G high-speed networks, Hong Kong-based PCCW said in court documents obtained by Bloomberg News and dated Feb. 20.