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June 30th, 2008 by | Filed under Tech and Gadgets.Telstra has confirmed it will make Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone available on its mobile network.
The carrier released a statement today vindicating earlier reports by The Australian that the telco had reached a distribution agreement with Apple for the handset, sub rosa.
The agreement has been finalised in time for Telstra to make the iPhone available for its July 11 launch.
Telstra’s consumer group managing director David Moffatt said the carrier’s Next G network would be able to provide coverage for iPhone handsets to 99 per cent of the population.
“Australians are very excited about iPhone 3G and we’re delighted to bring this product to them on Telstra’s high-speed Next G network,” Mr Moffatt said.
Telstra was the last of Australia’s major three carriers to announce plans to distribute the iPhone. Vodafone and Optus announced their plans to distribute the iPhone in May as part of master agreements covering several international markets in which they operate.
Sources close to Telstra said that Apple and the carrier had taken longer to finalise their agreement due to differences over content services to be provided on the handset.
Also, Telstra’s handset distributor, Vita Group, which distributes under the Fone Zone brand, recently acquired Apple distributor Next Byte.
Source: Australian IT
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