T-Mobile to sell iPhone in Germany on Nov. 1, report says
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Deutsche Telekom AG&#8217;s T-Mobile division has won a deal to sell Apple&#8217;s iPhone in Germany starting Nov. 1, according to a report in a German regional newspaper.
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InfoWorld - The T-Mobile brand could soon be coming to a market near you. As part of a strategy to revive profits, Deutsche Telekom&#160;intends to expand its T-Mobile cellular business in markets in which the German telecommunications group is already offering fixed-line services and possibly in entirely new markets, the company said Thursday.
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Germany&#39;s biggest Apple   retailer is getting 1,000 enquiries every day about buying the  new iPhone, which is expected to go on sale towards the end of  the year, the retailer&#39;s head told a newspaper.
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Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the U.S. consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.
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T-Mobile may announce its plans to transition to UMTS as early as Friday, according to press reports. The carrier is one of the last major U.S. cell providers yet to launch or have planned its 3G rollout.
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T-Mobile USA, owned by Deutsche  Telekom AG , said on Tuesday it would offer unlimited  text messaging and voice calls for $99.99 a month, starting on  Thursday February 21.
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Apple and T-Mobile said Wednesday that the carrier will begin selling the iPhone in Germany on November 9, the same day UK consumers first see the device.
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Deutsche Telekom&#39;s (DTEGn.DE) mobile  phone unit T-Mobile clinched a deal to bring Apple Inc&#39;s iPhone  handset to Germany, according to a report in a German daily.
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BONN - The German state announced plans Monday to reduce its stake in telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom by some 7 percent in a transaction which could generate revenue amounting to nearly EUR 4.5 billion.
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The iPhone will go on sale on Nov. 9 exclusively through mobile operator O2, marking the first time the devide will be available outside the United States.
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The first European version of the iPhone could ship as early as October, a Gartner analyst in Italy said.
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T-Mobile, Germany's leading mobile phone operator, said it was planning to axe up to 2,200 jobs as part of a  one-billion-euro (1.3-billion-dollar) cost-cutting drive to boost profitability in face of current difficult market conditions.
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Apple Inc is calling a London news  conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the U.S.  consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to  bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.
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The 8GB iPhone will be sold in Deutsche Telekom retail stores, the T-Mobile online shop, and Apple's own e-store starting Nov. 9, for $556.
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Ignore the US launch... A new 3G (European) version of the iPhone will be launched Monday in the UK by Apple - in a joint promotion with Vodafone, T-Mobile of Germany, and Carphone Warehouse. It should answer the disappointment with the US version of the iPhone which has been widely slammed for its poor performance as a phone.â¦
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Users may see an iPhone with 3G technology in the next six months, a financial analyst said Monday, citing waning inventory of Apple&#39;s current iPhone and the increasing demand in Europe for 3G products.The iPhone shipments are likely to be weak during the March quarter, and inclusion of 3G technology in the phone could ensure that Apple meets its target of shipping 10 million iPhones in 2008, analyst Richard Gardner of Citigroup said in a research note on Monday. 3G is a high-speed wireless communications standard that provides broadband Internet capabilities to cell phones and mobile devices.An iPhone upgrade to include 3G technology could help the company forge more relationships with carriers as it builds a European presence. &quot;We believe that lack of 3G has been a significant headwind for iPhone in Europe where 3G is already pervasive,&quot; Gardner said.During meetings with Citigroup, Apple reiterated its plan to introduce the iPhone into additional European countries and Asia by the end of 2008, Gardner said.In a December report, Shaw Wu of American Technology Research said a 3G iPhone would likely ship around the middle or in the second half of this year after network coverage and battery life issues are addressed.During the iPhone rollout in the U.K. last year, Jobs said that 3G chips were &quot;power hogs&quot; but also said he expected to see better battery consumption this year. Chip vendors, including Broadcom and Arm, are developing power-efficient 3G mobile chips with multimedia capabilities.3G is still not widely deployed in the U.S., Wu wrote in a report. Apple could possibly position the new iPhone as a high-end smart phone with the current iPhone being shipped as a more mainstream product, Wu said.Apple&#39;s 3G plans in the U.S. could get a boost from AT&amp;T&#39;s announcement last week that it was expanding its 3G wireless coverage to 350 major U.S. markets, including all 100 of the largest cities.Until the iPhone becomes available in more countries, unlocking numbers will remain high. But as the iPhone&#39;s presence expands, &quot;most consumers will prefer to use iPhone on the network with which Apple has a relationship -- only then can they take advantage of innovative features, such as visual voicemail and ongoing software updates,&quot; Gardner said.Up to 35 percent of all iPhones sold since its launch in June have been unlocked and sold in countries where Apple does not yet have a formal relationship with a wireless carrier, Citigroup&#39;s Gardner said.There has been plenty of speculation surrounding the release of a 3G iPhone. Last year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and AT&amp;T CEO Randall Stephenson separately said a 3G iPhone was coming in 2008, though the exact date is shrouded in secrecy.
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(InfoWorld) - Consumers planning to buyÂ the iPhone when it goes on sale in the U.S. later this month will need to have an iTunes Store account before they can activate the device, according to information on Apple Inc.'s Web site. Apple will require customers to establish a separate account with its online media service in addition to one with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution deal for the iPhone. The move will allow Apple to create its own billing relationship with iPhone customers, rather than collecting payments for any iTunes purchases they make via the mobile operator. "It would be naive to imagine that Apple wouldn't leverage iTunes with iPhone," said Emma Mohr-McClune, senior analyst for wireless services in Europe at Current Analysis Inc. Mobile handset vendors, such as Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., will beÂ keeping a close eye on Apple's strategy of linking content with handsets, she said. The posting on the Apple Web site informs potential customers that if they don't already have an iTunes Store account, they should set one up "to save time later." An Apple spokeswoman in Europe declined to comment further. The iPhone is due to go on sale in the U.S. on June 29. The company has announced plans for a European release in the fourth quarter of the year but has yet to provide details, such as whether the European version will operate on 3G (third-generation) networks. Â