[rajgh1]

I want to purchase a 8700 from one my friend but its locked to Vodafone (Hutch). But i have Airtel and want to retain the same number? Please suggest the options.

If i download OEM Airtel BB package from blackberry.com, and install it on the bb, would it unlock the handset.

Thanks in advance.

[romit]

You should ask Vodafone to unlock the handset, or provide you with unlock codes. I had a similar situation except I was switching from AIrtel to Vodafone. What I did was call up airtel and tell them that I was going out of india and needed to use a foreign SIM andhence requested that my handset be unlocked. They finally sent me a mail with the codes - however please be warned that they took about a week to get back to me.