• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

D.Telekom's mobile unit clinches iPhone deal: paper

FRANKFURT
Tue Jul 3, 2007 1:05pm EDT
The new iPhone is held inside the Apple Store in New York June 29, 2007. Deutsche Telekom's mobile phone unit T-Mobile clinched a deal to bring Apple Inc's iPhone handset to Germany, according to a report in a German daily. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom's mobile phone unit T-Mobile clinched a deal to bring Apple Inc's iPhone handset to Germany, according to a report in a German daily.

Technology

Without citing sources Rheinische Post said in a preview of a story to be published on Wednesday that T-Mobile is expected to sell the iPhone exclusively with a T-Mobile contract for around 450 euros ($612) starting Nov 1.

Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile were not immediately available for comment.

The iPhone, which comes with an in-built iPod, web browser and e-mail software, went on sale in the United States on Friday.

Apple has signed up top U.S. telecoms operator AT&T Inc. in an exclusive deal for at least two years to sell the phone in the United States, where customers willing to sign a two-year contract are expected to pay $500 to $600 for a handset.

In Europe, Britain's Vodafone Group, Deutsche Telekom, Paris-based France Telecom and Spain's Telefonica have been tipped as potential partners for Apple.
Technology


More from Reuters

Photo

Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackers

KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane, and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety. | Video

» More Top News
A young Kamchatka brown bear plays in its enclosure at the 'Tierpark Hagenbeck' zoo in Hamburg September 20, 2007. REUTERS/Christian Charisius

The return of the Russian bear

Jason Bush

As Russia's memories of crippling economic times fade, are reforms disappearing along with them?  Commentary 

Breakingviews
Surgeons extract the liver and kidneys of a brain-dead woman for organ transplant donation at the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) hospital in Berlin January 12, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Desperate, duped, or both

One of the world's largest organ trade hubs is moving to stop the living from cashing in their body parts.  Full Article 

Health