Swisscom confirms iPhone plan

Swisscom has officially confirmed plans to introduce the iPhone in Switzerland.

The company has published a webpage promising the device will appear on the Swiss mobile network and requesting interested customers to share their email details in order to receive further details of the device when it ships.


The news follows a string of announcements from various mobile operators confirming plans to introduce the device, selected highlights of recent announcements include:

- Vodafone recently confirmed plans to launch iPhone in ten countries, Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.

- America Movil will sell iPhone across Latin America starting this year. The network operates in 15 markets in the region, including Brazil, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

- Rogers Telecom will offer the device in Canada. SingTel in Singapore, India's Bharti Airtel, the Philippines' Globe Telecom and Australia's Optus said they will ship iPhone in their respective countries "later this year".

It’s already known in some instances that the device is to be made available in some countries from multiple carriers, indicating Apple to be moving away from its previous exclusive single network per territory deal.




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