As the iPhone 3G will continue its international rollout, Apple has added Turkish cell provider, Turkcell to the long list of carriers.
Despite having already come to an agreement with Vodafone to distribute the device in Turkey, Apple has reached an understanding with the country’s largest mobile provider Turkcell, servicing over 35 million people, about half of the country’s total population. Turkcell will offer both pre and post paid service plans and has committed to bringing the device to both kinds of subscribers.
“We’re very excited to be working with Apple to bring the iPhone 3G to Turkey,” said, Lale Saral Develioglu, Turkcell’s chief marketing officer. “iPhone 3G represents the ultimate in mobile device technologies, and we can’t wait to offer this innovative product to millions of mobile customers
later this year.”
While Turkey will not be involved in this week’s roll out, we imagine that they will be seeing the device shortly. With such a sizable amount of subscribers, Turkcell, will offer the iPhone 3G to a large amount of potential users and provide a strong ‘foothold’ in the Middle East.
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[via Macworld]
