There are some confusion about the Windows Phone 7 update after Paul Thurrott releasing some quotes for Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore that claimed last month that carriers will be able to block the Windows Phone 7 Updates if they wanted to do that. But if you think logically, technically carriers can not block any OS updates, in this case Microsoft’s OS. Because they are unable to do that as everything is owned by Microsoft. Any update notification will be done by Microsoft on their own server.
For updating or modificating, the OEM have to submit their Rom to Microsoft’s Sustained Engineering team for testing and certification. Then Microsoft will push the update to the phones’ OTA or reject it, and the users will download it via Zune software. It means that updates was never done OTA. The things done OTA are just update notifications and scanning.
With the explanation, it is clear that Mobile Operators don’t have any control for the final process. Just take your sim card from your phone and the OTA services will go through WiFi that bypassing the network carrier. Plug in your device and update via Zune.
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In an e-mail exchange with ZDnet, Microsoft reiterated that it will "push Windows Phone 7 software updates to end users," while adding that "all Windows
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Microsoft wants customers to upgrade to Windows 7, and most IT managers say they plan to do just that. |
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I just upgraded to windows 7. Microsoft seems to be following in 's footsteps by releasing upgrades at a much faster pace.
@ Supposed to run on anything that runs Windows 7. Actually has lower hardware requirements! No upgrades though, only clean installs
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Vista is the devil. I'm waiting for Windows 7 upgrades. Lol RT @: Shout out to my computer (cont) 
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