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    iPhone、オーストリア、エジプト、ポーランドなど10か国でも販売　France Telecom

    http://toshio.typepad.com/b3_annex/2008/05/iphone10france.ht...
    200 days ago in B3 Annex · Authority: 67

    「週刊iPhone発売情報」、といった様相だが、「iPhoneカントリー」]がますます増え続けている。 "Orange"ブランドでケータイ展開するFrance Telecomが、16日（現地時間）発表したところによると、今年後半に以下の10か国でiPhoneを発売するという。 オーストリア、ベルギー、ドミニカ、エジプト、ヨルダン、ポーランド、ポルトガル、ルーマニア、スロバキア、スイス さらに、プレスリリースでは、"Orange"ブランドを展開するアフリカでも同様に今年後半iPhoneを発売する予定であると記されている。 Fortune誌によると、"Orange"ブランドが展開されているアフリカ諸国には、コートジボワール、カメルーン、ボツワナ、マダガスカル、マリ、セネガル、モーリタス、レユニオン島が含まれているという。（ただし、これらの諸国すべてでiPhoneが発売されるかどうかは不明） 先週にVodafoneが発表した10か国と重複してるのが、エジプトとポルトガルであり、これらの国では、VodafoneとOrange(France Telecom)がiPhoneを発売することになる模様。 なお、"Orange"ブランドを展開している国でありながら、スペインは、今回iPhoneカントリーには加えられなかった。 France Telecomは、5大陸で事業を行っており、加入者総数は1億7200万人。 「iPhoneカントリー」が増殖するなか、7日（現地時間）には、南米で携帯電話キャリアのAmerica Movilも南米各国でiPhoneを発売すると発表しており、ほぼ世界のどこででもiPhoneが発売される模様だ。 そうなると、6月9日に予定されているWWDC 2008のキーノートで3G iPhoneが発表されるとして、これだけの国が事前に発表されていることを考えると、逆に、当日発表するための「隠し玉」があるように思えてならない。 あえて予想すれば、前述のスペインや、交渉が決裂したと伝えられる中国、そして、日本あたりだろうか…。 Orange brings the iPhone to customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa（プレスリリース） FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 France Telecom to carry Apple's iPhone to Africa and beyond FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 America Movil to carry iPhone in Latin America B3 Annex: iPhone、イタリア、インドなど10か国でVodafoneが年内販売へ（2008年5月7日）

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    Apple iPhone coming to Mauritius

    http://themediaguru.blogspot.com/2008/05/apple-iphone-coming...
    200 days ago in the media Guru · Authority: 19

    France Telecom & subsidiary Orange have issued a statement today that they have signed an exclusive deal with Apple that will allow them to bring the iPhone to Orange subscribers all over the world… including Mauritius. PARIS - French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries. France Telecom's Orange said in a one-sentence statement that it will sell the handset in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and African markets later this year. France Telecom spokesman Bertrand Deronchaine said Orange will be the exclusive iPhone provider in Belgium and Romania, with co-exclusive or non-exclusive deals in other countries. He declined to offer more details about the arrangement. Orange’s African markets include — in addition to Egypt — the Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, and Réunion. Via Apple 2.0 at Fortune500 & Yahoo! & Orange. AAPL-Investors have also already updated their iPhone Tracker to include Mauritius. After having conquered India, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Turkey, etc. it was inevitable that the iPhone would finally come to Mauritius through Orange. Yeah, I know the iPhone is already unofficially here in the black market (the clone as well), but you need to jailbreak it - something you’ll need to do in any case if you want to install apps. & what’s more surprising is that Mauritius will get it before Japan, South Korea & Russia! - Japan & South Korea being years ahead of us, they wouldn’t need such a vintage product. But there are some BIG questions that are still unclear… Will the iPhone be an Orange exclusivity or will it come unlocked? & how to activate it - remember that you need to log onto iTunes to be able to activate it via Internet. & what about the price?? Well, just forget these for a while - what matters is that the IPHONE IS COMING TO MAURITIUS!!! No, but wait… it’s not the current iPhone, but iPhone 2.0 featuring 3G! The tech blogs are awash with rumours all pointing towards the impending release of 3G iPhone. So stay tuned for the 9th of June when Steve Jobs will fish out a brand new gadget from his back pocket. Actually, very few people know what’s on the 3G iPhone… blame it on Apple’s obsession with secrecy! Predictions for iPhone 2.0 - 3G (UMTS & HSDPA???) - A-GPS - 32GB flash storage - 720x480 resolution? - App support (available through App Store) - Better camera with video recording (3MP?) - Video conferencing (aka video call) - Flash support - Shiny black back? Apple iShop Mauritius That's where the iPhone will be coming... found at Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis. Photo Credit Flickr

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    3G Iphone

    http://www.wittytrade.com/2008/05/3g-iphone.html
    200 days ago in Techniques of Investing in Stock Market · No authority yet

    Apple(AAPL) has been increasingly ramping up the world wide distribution channel for the next generation 3g Iphone. The latest to announce a deal with Apple to sell 3g Iphone is O2 the wireless division of France TelecomClick here. The second act from apple seems like more determined effort than the first one as it has abandoned the exclusivity deal and adopting a more pragmatic approach. It has started to realize that it needs to penetrate deeper into the different parts of the world soon to exploit the hype of Iphone.