iPhone in France: SFR and Bouygues ruined Orange's Christmas Time

Following the decision taken by the anti-trust Council in France, Apple will soon offer iPhone to the other two carriers, Bouygues and SFR. If Apple does not plan to refuse such legal injunction, in practice, both carriers will not be able to get iPhones before January. Indeed, contracts have to be negotiated, validated and signed, shipment sent to both carriers, then iPhone distributed to all carriers' shops or resellers. In addition, both carriers will have to update their network infrastructure in order to offer the expected services associated with the iPhone.
However, both carriers already announced their future plans, and Bouygues even published the price of its iPhone-bundled offers. As expected, it will be 2 to 6 euro cheaper than equivalent subscription plan from Orange. This strategy of announcement is most likely made to prevent customers tempted by the iPhone to leave those carriers to Orange. Hundreds of SIM-unlocked iPhone are being used on the networks from both alternative French carriers, and there is no real technical problem. They will have to implement visual voice mail in a fully supported format. But beside this technical point, both carriers already responded to the increasing number of SIM-unlocked iPhone on their networks by offering unlimited data plan. I personally use an iPhone of SFR network and I do not feel missing any iPhone-associated services.
If the rumor of new forthcoming iPhone 3G models is true, than SFR and Bouygues might get them too. Definitely a bad year's end for Orange, however the exclusive carrier knows such situations in other countries where several carriers offer iPhone-bundled offers (such as Switzerland).