Source: Macworld.co.uk When the iPhone saw its price fall significantly in Germany, O2 officials said they did not want to follow suit in Britain will happen in France.
Note that both in France and Germany, the iPhone is not sold outside Orange/Tmobile shops, while it is in England. In the latter case, a subsidy would be more complicated to implement, O2 must pay a sum when anyone subscribes after buying his iPhone in an Apple store.
[translation by jeremy]