Will officially unlocked iphone get relocked after os4 update????

hi i bought the iphone 3gs in Australia for a 2 year contract with 3mobile and it was officially unlocked by 3 mobile upon my request... now i am in India for a business tour and will stay for another six months.i am using a different carrier in India my question is will my iphone get relocked if i go for a ios4 update...as i said before it was officially unlocked by 3mobile....looking for a positive answer.....thanks in advance

It shouldn't - not if the iPhone is officially unlocked, with this info requested and provided by 3Mobile to Apple which allowed you to unlock the iPhone with iTunes in the first place.
This definitely happens when installing a firmware update on an iPhone that has been hacked to be unlocked or that is unofficially unlocked.

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