“France Telecom has exclusive rights to distribute the Apple iPhone in France, chief executive Didier Lombard said,” Thomson Financial reports.
“The iPhone will be distributed in France ‘before Christmas, probably in November,’ Lombard said,” Thomson Financial reports.
Brief article here.
“France Telecom SA’s Orange wireless unit will start selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone in France in November, betting the handset model will spur sales in the market of about 52 million wireless customers,” Anuchit Nguyen and Rudy Ruitenberg report for Bloomberg.
“‘We have signed the agreement,’ France Telecom Chief Executive Officer Didier Lombard said in an interview in Hanoi today following a press briefing. ‘It’s an important product for us because a lot of French consumers love technology and want this product in their pockets.’ The deal gives Apple access to France Telecom’s 23 million French mobile subscribers,” Nguyen and Rudy Ruitenberg report.
Much more in the full article here.