“Nordic telecommunications operators TeliaSonera and Telenor said Friday they are both in active talks with Apple Inc. regarding a deal over the much-hyped iPhone,” Dow Jones reports.
“Spokesmen from both companies told Dow Jones Newswires they were ‘very interested in the iPhone,’ but said they couldn’t say more due to ongoing discussions,” Dow Jones reports.
“‘We have seen immense interest in the iPhone from our customers,’ said Anders Krokan, Telenor spokesman,” Dow Jones reports. “‘We are still in talks, but I doubt we would be able to offer the iPhone this year,’ Krokan said.”
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105% of the population here owns a mobile telephone. Now you ask how is that possible? Well… many owns two. They sell over 2 million mobile phones here every year. We are only 5.2 million so that is quite well done. If Apple will 1% of the market they still would sell 20 000 every year,
@Big Al.
Man you’re ignorant. 50% of China and India may not be able to pay to make phone calls, but the other 50% most certainly can. Now, take into account that both countries have populations approaching 1billion and suddenly you have a prospective customer base (in either country) which is significantly bigger than the customer base in the US or all of Europe combined.
Come down off your superior high-horse and learn a bit about demographics and marketing. dumb-ass!
Oh, Big Al, I forgot to add, China and India are two of the World’s fastest growing economies. If you want to seize a large share of a new market, you get in early. Apple would do well to learn that lesson soon. Microsoft is working VERY hard to capture a large portion of China’s market (hence they’re virtually giving Windows away in that market). Good luck to them, since the Chinese government is huge on open standards and Unix, unlike the hipocritical US government.
I already have an iPhone in Sweden that works just fine. What I want is an iPhone that works with 3s fast (7.2 Mbit/s $24/month).