Here is the Terms and Conditions page for Silent Circle the service providers for the blackphone:
https://accounts.silentcircle.com/terms/FWIW if OP is legit - you get 2 years of service for this phone. I'm still trying to figure out what that all really means in terms of value -- looks like its 10 bucks a month flat for the service after two years plus between 13 to 40 dollars a month for bare bones minutes and TXT, its reasonable for what it is, BUT:
And this whole section is a real doozy:
Some Other Rights And Limitations.
The Services contain encryption technology that is or may be specifically controlled for export by the United States government. As a result, you may not export, or otherwise transfer the Services to or into Cuba, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan or Syria or a resident of those countries or to any person on the Specially Designated Nationals List (“SDN”) maintained by the United States Treasury or the Table of Denial Orders or Entity List maintained by the United States Department of Commerce. The SDN can be found athttp://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List. The Denied Persons List can be found at
www.bis.doc.gov/dpl.
You also may not, and you agree to not, knowingly export or transfer the Services to anyone outside of the United States without first obtaining a proper license and satisfying all requirements of International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Act. It is your responsibility to comply with foreign laws and regulations on encryption import, export or use.
When you subscribe to the Services and download the applications, you are certifying to Silent Circle that you are eligible to receive products exported from the United States, without any restrictions.
Any Silent Circle accounts which have not been used for six months or more may be suspended by Silent Circle. We will normally attempt to inform you before we suspend or terminate your access to the Services. An activation fee may be charged to reinstate your account.
You have no ownership rights to your Silent Circle phone number or other identifier provisioned by Silent Circle and you agree that we reserve the right to change your phone number or other identifier at any time without prior notice to you.
There is also another section on that page where they state that as a Delaware based Corporation that they expect you as a subscriber to adhere to their local laws and ordinances - just putting it out there.