Germany’s T-Mobile To Offer Apple iPhone

According to reports, T-Mobile of Germany is the frontrunning wireless carrier for Apple’s newest
mobile, the iPhone. This announcement could help boost Deutsche Telecom’s bottom line.. the deal could be worth millions of dollars to the company.

Europe’s biggest mobile phone networks, including Vodafone, Orange and O2 owner Telefonica, have been competing for the right to sell the combined music player, mobile phone, e-mail and internet device when it is launched in Europe this autumn. Apple has already signed an exclusive deal with AT&T to distribute the iPhone in the US.

It is thought that the company has narrowed the European shortlist to Vodafone and T-Mobile but sources say the Deutsche Telekom-owned brand is the favourite to land the deal.

The other wireless carriers have been ruled out because of software or network incompatibilities.

Marketing Week