UK ATMs set to offer WiFi access, free for BT and iPhone users
[28-06-2009] - Engadget
BT Broadband customers and O2 iPhone owners, rejoice -- some 2,500 ATM machines near you will soon be converted to serve as free WiFi hotspots, courtesy of BT Openzone and Cashbox, perhaps the most mismatched pair of commercial metaphors ever put together. The initial rollout sta [...]
iPhone To Launch 22 August In India, Estonia And The Czech Republic
[08-08-2008] - paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance
Three more country launches for the 3G iPhone. India's Bharti Airtel, Estonia's EMT, and the Czech Republic's Telefonica O2 all announced today that they would begin selling the handsets on August 22.
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3G iPhone confirmed in Italy without revenue sharing?
[21-04-2008] - Engadget
Engadget reports:
We've been avoiding the 3G iPhone rumor mongering as much as possible recently. After all, we know it's coming as both AT&T and Apple have confirmed. Now this: one of Italy's most respected newspapers, La Repubblica (like the WSJ with red sauce), is claimi [...]
T-Mobile Germany slashes iPhone to Eur 99
[08-04-2008] - Personal Computer World
T-Mobile Germany has cut the price of Apple's iPhone to just Eur 99, around £ 78.
The company's cheapest 8GB iPhone was priced at Eur 399, but T-Mobile Germany has made the decision to subsidise the handset to boost sales.
The price for the 16GB handset remains the same.
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iPhone: Italian carrier found, EDGE outage [U]
[02-02-2008] - MacNN
Telecom Italia Mobile is the leading candidate for the Italian iPhone carrier, according to extrapolations based on evidence in the iPhone software package, while a vast EDGE network outage is affecting a significant portion of iPhone users in the US. Italian news site Macity has [...]
UK iPhone users get better deals
[30-01-2008] - BBC News
Improved tariffs for UK iPhone users are launched less than three months after the mobile hit British stores.
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iPhone selling well in France, Orange chief says
[23-01-2008] - telecomasia.net
Sales in France of the much-hyped Apple iPhone after the holiday season are going better than mobile carrier Orange expected, Didier Lombard, head of Orange parent France Telecom, said.
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Orange France Sells 70,000 IPhones in December
[04-01-2008] - Cellular-News.com
France Telecom says that it's mobile arm, Orange sold over 70,000 Apple iPhones during the month of December, which was in line with projections of sales of between 50,000 to 100,000 units. The handset was launched into the French market at the end of November.
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iPod, iPhone among top gadgets in Europe
[17-12-2007] - MacNN
Apple's iPod and iPhone rank among the top gadgets so far this holiday season in Europe, according to a comScore study designed to track the frequency of online searches. The firm studied 20 different models of gadgets from the game console, mobile phone, and portable music playe [...]
iPodObserver - Tech/UK: The iPhone Critics are Missing The Point
[14-12-2007] - The Mac Observer
The Apple iPhone, like any device, can be improved. However, those who focus on the iPhone weaknesses are missing the point, according to Nick Merritt at Tech/UK on Thursday. It's the iPhone UI that will create problems for the competition.
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iPod, iPhone among top gadgets in Europe
[12-12-2007] - MacNN
Apple's iPod and iPhone rank among the top gadgets so far this holiday season in Europe, according to a comScore study designed to track the frequency of online searches. The firm studied 20 different models of gadgets from the game console, mobile phone, and portable music playe [...]
T-Mobile Wins iPhone Battle in Germany
[09-12-2007] - NewsFactor
Deutsche Telekom, Europe's largest telephone company, has emerged victorious in the iPhone-locking suit that Vodafone filed against it in Germany. A German court ruled on Tuesday that Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile can block consumers who purchase an Apple iPhone from using the mobi [...]
German Court Backs Apple, T-Mobile on Locked-Up iPhone
[05-12-2007] - TechNewsWorld.com
Apple and its carrier partner in Germany won a key legal victory Tuesday, with a court tossing out an injunction that had forced T-Mobile to offer an unlocked iPhone and upholding the legality of the exclusivity agreement. T-Mobile won the right to offer the iPhone only to custom [...]
France Telecom´s Orange says iPhone sales reach 30,000 over first five days
[05-12-2007] - Sharewatch
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - France Telecom's Orange mobile telecom unit sold 30,000 Apple iPhones over the first five days since their French launch, the company said.
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iPhone is launched in France at 749 euros
[28-11-2007] - AFP via Yahoo! News
The Apple iPhone handset, incorporating mobile phone, multimedia access and music functions, was to go on sale in France with a promotional blitz late on Wednesday, following European launches in Britain and Germany.
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iPhone Ready For Paris Debut, Sales Rules Challenged In Germany
[27-11-2007] - TechWeb via Yahoo! News
With Apple's iPhone poised to debut in France without a mandatory service contract on Wednesday, the only service provider currently offering the coveted phone without a service contract -- Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile -- has filed an appeal in a German court challenging the injun [...]
Survey: iPhone too expensive for UK market
[25-11-2007] - MacNN
Apple's decision to price the iPhone for UK residents at £269 may have reflected a serious misjudgment of the local cellphone market, according to a new survey of Christmas buyers conducted by the analyst group GfK NOP. Of the respondents, 46 percent simply refuse to consider th [...]
iPhone Signal Strength Problems In the UK
[25-11-2007] - Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "British iPhone users, who bought the Apple phones when they went on sale in England on Nov. 9, are reporting persistent problems with signal strength on O2, the UK's only iPhone service provider. The complaints started only 2 days later. InfoWeek blogg [...]
The iPhone´s Uphill Road in Europe
[25-11-2007] - TechNewsWorld.com
The must-have gadget of the year, Apple's iPhone, has finally launched in Europe. The verdict? According to one reviewer, it's "like buying a Ferrari and finding that the only thing you can do with it is power your lawn mower." Apple fans argue that iPhone's software -- and espec [...]
Orange iPhone Contract 49 Euros Per Month
[24-11-2007] - Addict 3D
Orange has accidentally leaked the fact that it will provide iPhone contracts in France for 49 euros per month, Reuters reports.The two-year contract will cost a total of 1,176 euros ($US1,754) when it goes on sale next Wednesday.
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Europe faults Apple for ´anticompetitive´ iPhone deals
[23-11-2007] - The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
Apple's iPhone marketing has been a smash success at home, but it is running into stumbling blocks in Europe, where the touch-screen handset and music player is making its debut this month.
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Brits Think the iPhone is "Too Expensive"
[23-11-2007] - Cellular-News.com
New research from GfK NOP shows that UK consumers perceive the iPhone as being too expensive to tempt a purchase.
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IPhone Must Be Offered Without Contract Restrictions, German Court Rules
[21-11-2007] - New York Times
The court ruled that T-Mobile must offer the iPhone to everyone, even without the 24-month contract that it had required for buyers.
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Vodafone challenges exclusive German iPhone deal
[21-11-2007] - Market Watch
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- T-Mobile, the German mobile unit of Deutsche Telekom, has been asked by a Hamburg court to change its marketing for Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
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Germans to get unlocked iPhone
[21-11-2007] - Guardian Unlimited
An unlocked iPhone may go on sale in Germany as well as in France, leaving the UK with only the locked version of the Apple device. By Richard Wray
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iPodObserver - WSJ Sees Apple Being Proactive in Europe for iPhone
[17-11-2007] - The Mac Observer
Apple has learned its lesson from early stumbling blocks it encountered with the iPhone in the U.S. market, and is being proactive. This, according to the Wall Street Journal, which said that Apple's efforts to secure WiFi hot spots in the UK for iPhone users before it launched t [...]
iPodObserver - WSJ Sees Apple Being Proactive in Europe for iPhone
[15-11-2007] - The Mac Observer
Apple has learned its lesson from early stumbling blocks it encountered with the iPhone in the U.S. market, and is being proactive. This, according to the Wall Street Journal, which said that Apple's efforts to secure WiFi hot spots in the UK for iPhone users before it launched t [...]
iPhone code pointing to Italy as next market?
[14-11-2007] - MacNN
The iPhone's next European market may well be Italy, probing into the firmware has revealed.
Code strings show that amongst the PLIST hooks in the software is an entry called
"TIM_Italy.plist," accompanying references to the other official iPhone carriers: AT&T, O2 (UK [...]
Despite Initial Doubts, European iPhone Sales Off to Brisk Start
[14-11-2007] - Wired News
Reports that the iPhone is not selling well in the U.K. and Germany seem to be unfounded. Between O2 and T-Mobile, tens of thousands of iPhones have been sold and activated in the product's first few days.
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O2 reports massive iPhone sales
[13-11-2007] - Channel 4
Mobile phone giant O2 said it has sold "tens of thousands" of iPhones since the much-anticipated handsets went on sale in the UK on Friday. The group, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica, confirmed the iPhone had now become its fastest-selling device yet.
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Fans queue but iPhone fails to grip Germany
[11-11-2007] - Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News
COLOGNE/FRANKFURT - Hundreds of German Apple fans braved rain and wind before dawn to be among the first in Europe to get their hands on an iPhone but the arrival of the year's hottest consumer gadget passed most Germans by.
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iPhone UK launch: first details
[11-11-2007] - Macworld UK
Anybodywith even a remote interest in technology will know that Friday saw the official UK release of Apple's iPhone. This means UK users will finally be able to see what all the fuss is about, and get their hands on the most-hyped technology product of 2007.
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Apple fans brave rain for European iPhone launch
[10-11-2007] - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Hundreds of Apple fans braved rain and wind in the German city of Cologne early Friday morning to be among the first in Europe to get their hands on the coveted iPhone.
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Germany Says Guten Tag to the iPhone
[10-11-2007] - Schaeffers Research
In the latest bit of iPhone news, T-Mobile reported this morning said it has sold more than 10,000 of Apple's (AAPL) iPhones on the first day the gadget was available in Germany...( Read More )
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iPhone: Madrid through the mini screen
[10-11-2007] - Daily Telegraph
A new phone promises to replace guidebooks, maps – even the kitchen sink. Suzy Bennett tries it in an unfamiliar city.
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iPhone to hit German, British markets
[08-11-2007] - AP via Yahoo! News
Apple's iPhone will go on sale in Germany and Britain on Friday, making its European debut four months after its launch in the United States.
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Countdown begins for the iPhone´s arrival in Britain
[07-11-2007] - Independent
Considering Apple sold one million iPhone units in the US within 74 days of its release, it is little wonder that the imminent arrival of the latest must-have product has sparked a consumer frenzy this side of the Atlantic as well.
The phone, which will be launched in Britain [...]
Apple closes iPhone backdoor in the UK
[06-11-2007] - TechWorld
Want Wi-Fi? Say goodbye to third-party apps.
Apple is to introduce new firmware to prevent UK iPhone users from unlocking the device and installing of third-party applications.
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iPhone to ship with new Firmware 1.1.2 in Europe
[05-11-2007] - Addict 3D
The Apple iPhone will start to ship on November 9th in the UK and Germany. Gadget magazine T3 already got a review unit of the iPhone in the UK and found that the iPhone for the UK has a new firmware installed.
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T-Mobile Germany unveils plans for iPhone launch
[03-11-2007] - Digital Media Europe
T-Mobile Germany will start selling the Apple iPhone at midnight on 9 November in Cologne.
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T-Mobile Germany Announced iPhone Tariff Details
[31-10-2007] - Cellular-News.com
T-Mobile Germany has announced the tariffs it plans to offer for the Apple iPhone when it goes on sale next month. The new tariffs start at euro 49 (US$71) per month, and include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail and access to T-Mobile's more than 8,000 Wi-Fi HotSpots in Germany.
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Apple to Release Unlocked iPhone in France
[19-10-2007] - PC World via Yahoo! News
Apple is releasing an unlocked version of the iPhone that will allow users to run it on various cellular networks. But you have to live in France to get it.
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Now It´s Really Official: Apple And Orange Announce IPhone Partnership In France
[17-10-2007] - paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance
The delayed announcement of Orange selling the iPhone in France has finally come through much the same details as in Germany (399 euros ) and rumors of Apple getting 30 percent of services revenue.
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France Telecom confirms has signed iPhone contract; French launch in November
[11-10-2007] - Sharewatch
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France (Thomson Financial) - France Telecom chief executive Didier Lombard confirmed the group has signed a contract with Apple Inc making its Orange unit the distributor of the iPhone in France and said the launch will take place "during November."
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France Telecom CEO sees Apple iPhone contract uncertainty resolved by end-Nov
[10-10-2007] - FinanzNachrichten
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - France Telecom chief executive Didier Lombard said he expects the situation regarding its Orange unit's exclusive deal to market Apple Inc's new iPhone mobile phone to be resolved by the end of November.
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Apple and Orange iPhone deal inches forward
[10-10-2007] - Macworld UK
Apple and Orange seems close to resolving the exclusive French iPhone distribution deal, reports claim. Apple announced a November 9 launch point for the device in the UK (with O2) and Germany (with T-Mobile) last month, but a French announcement was never made.
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France Telecom to say soon if it will stay exclusive French iPhone distributor
[09-10-2007] - FinanzNachrichten
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Talks between France Telecom and Apple over distribution of Apple's iPhone in France remain difficult, and France Telecom will announce in the next few days whether or not it will remain the exclusive distributor, the newspaper Journal du Dimanche said [...]
iPhone Business Model Hits a Snag in France
[07-10-2007] - Slashdot
Serhei writes "It seems like the iPhone might not be released in France by this holiday season, since French requires by law that all cell phones sold there must be obtainable in an unlocked version. Apple will not be able to do so, since it has launched with a 5-year exclusivity [...]
France Telecom to say soon if it will stay exclusive French iPhone distributor
[07-10-2007] - Sharewatch
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Talks between France Telecom and Apple over distribution of Apple's iPhone in France remain difficult, and France Telecom will announce in the next few days whether or not it will remain the exclusive distributor, the newspaper Journal du Dimanche said [...]
O2 UK digs deep for iPhone ad splash
[07-10-2007] - ZDNet
TV and poster marketing will cost millions, target "high value" customers and be carrier's "most significant" campaign, says CEO. Spanish-owned O2 UK and U.S. consumer electronics group Apple plan to launch a multimillion-dollar joint advertising campaign later this month as they [...]
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