07.05.07 - 01:39pm
The iPhone is proving to be everything competitors feared it would be - sleek, cool and selling like hotcakes. The frenzy here in the U.S. has made it even more in demand in Europe, a place used to being first in getting the newest and hottest items
on the market. It has still not been decided who will be the carriers for the iPhone in Europe but it does appear that there will be a different carrier for each region of Europe, or at least that’s what the rumors are.
Originally Apple was in talks with Vodafone, those talks however, appear to have fallen through. Carolina Milanesi, a telecoms analyst at Gartner said, “Although it would make a great deal of sense for Apple to go with Vodafone, it doesn’t really fit with Vodafone’s emphasis on their own music content and portal.”
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05.14.07 - 03:37pm
Here in the U.S. the iPhone will be sold via Cingular or the “New” AT&T, however, with the U.S. release possibly less than a month away, it has still not been decided who will carry the iPhone in Europe, when it is released there in the fall.
Typically a cell phone is released and sold via multiple carriers allowing for mass market penetration. The iPhone is taking a different route selling, at least in the U.S., exclusively through Cingular. This means one must already be a Cingular customer or go though the sometimes painful and costly process of switching carriers and abolishing previous contracts.
Cingular is not available in Europe leaving Apple to find another source to carry the iPhone. Vodafone is currently the largest carrier in Europe with over 200 million subscribers, Spain’s Telefnica is number two. The German T-Mobile is number 3 overall with 101 million subscribers - less than half of what Vodafone has and yet it is T-Mobile that is reportedly the front runner in negotiations to carry the phone in Europe.
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