Cybersquatters snap up iPhone websites

Cybersquatters have snapped up website addresses for Apple’s iPhone to cash in on the gadget ahead of its UK launch in November.

Dozens of domain names relating to the handset and its operator O2 were bought months before the company even announced that the device would go on sale on November 9.

They include www.o2iphone.net, www.o2iphone.co.uk, www.ukiphone.co.uk and www.02iphone.co.uk.

Many of these addresses take internet users to websites advertising the iPhone, with some claiming they can unlock the device so that it will work on rival networks.

Jonathan Robinson, chief operating officer for NetNames, which manages the domain name portfolios for a third of the FTSE 100 companies, said the sites could prove extremely valuable.

“The iPhone launch is one of the biggest product launches of 2007 and has been just as eagerly anticipated by cybersquatters as it has by consumers,” he said.

“Cybersquatters have spent a great deal of time over the past few months securing as many iPhone and operator domain name combinations as possible based on speculation about the launch.”

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