“When Phil Schiller introduced the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c last September at Apple’s HQ, the SVP of Worldwide Marketing proclaimed that Apple would officially partner with over 270 carriers in 100 countries by the year’s end to distribute the iPhone to customers,” Zac Hall reports for 9to5Mac.
“That trend of expansion has seemingly continued as we saw Russia’s second largest carrier Megafone reestablish a direct relationship with Apple and commit to a three-year deal to purchase and carry the iPhone at the beginning of this year.,” Hall reports. “Now it seems Apple has inked deals with two carriers in Serbia to officially distribute the iPhone in the European nation for the first time [Mobile Telephony of Serbia, or mt:s, and Vip Mobile].”
Hall reports, “Apple is also signing deals in Lebanon.”
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