Apple has been hard at work trying to get the iPhone “legally” distributed in as many countries and markets as possible. WIthin the last few months, the iPhone has become a very hott black-market item fetching as much as $1,000 US in the Ukraine for a single phone.
Apple knows that as long as the iPhone isn’t being distributed through their partners in these countries and marekts, they are losing out on important market share and revenue.
How the iPhone performs overseas is substantially important to Apple.
Today, the French mobile carrier Orange said it has signed agreements with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in more than 10 European, Middle Eastern and African countries, all the while inching towards striking nonexclusive deals for the device. Orange will additionally be selling the iPhone in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and the company’s African markets. The true term used was that the phone will be available “later this year”.
The table to the left lists all the countries and carriers who are currently offering the iPhone or service.
