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Orange get French iPhone deal

Link: Apple turns to Orange in France | The Register

In another of those ‘oh what a surprise’ announcements, it’s been revealed that Orange will be marketing the iPhone in France.

The announcement was made by France Telecom (Orange’s parent company) Chief Exec Didier Lombard during a conference in Hanoi.

No details on pricing as yet, and the Orange France website is surprisingly lacking in information - a quick search revealed “0 réponse pour iphone”. It won’t be a surprise if the price is the same as the T-Mobile/Germany deal of €399.

What’s curious is all the announcements so far have involved the current or former wireless divisions of incumbent operators - France Telecom (Orange), Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), BT (O2) and AT&T (er, AT&T). Working on this theory, should we expect Vodafone (ex Telecom Eireann) for Ireland, O2 (Telefonica) for Spain and KPN in the Netherlands? Or is it just coincidental?

One Response to “Orange get French iPhone deal”

  • thank god you didn’t write “gig.”
    you used that word TOO much.

    Posted by SE Fanboy on September 25th, 2007 at 10:09 pm.

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