Sim-Free Country Variants in Australia Still Waiti...

We already have two carrier variants released, how is it possible that sim-free Country Variants Phones are unable to get the updates. Surely these are tested before they are given to carriers to test and approve so why is it the sim-free Australian variants are still waiting for approval.
These Phones are not tied to any carrier, so surely if one carrier says its fine for use should be all that is needed to release it to all sim-free phones. We already have Telstra (the biggest Telco in Australia) approve and release it for the Lumia 920, And the Boost Carrier (part of Optus in Australia, the second biggest in carrier in Australia) allow and release for the Lumia 820's, So why are Sim-free phones still waiting for approval.
Or have these phones just been forgotten as in previous updates for other nokia phones in the past

jraduga wrote:
How Nokia and MS can test and approve something to a point that is ready for a carrier but not have it ready for non carrier based phones is really strange. Considering the carrier versions are based on the sim-free versions initially, before Nokia and MS make changes to suit the carriers. There should be no reason why they should still be testing the sim-free version completely around the world.
Who knows? Welcome to the mysteries of large multinational corporations. Gets even worse when there are 2 of them involved. I presume the same team/teams can only do one thing at a time. As they are prioritising their large customers, us minnows have to wait till they are done first.

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