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Apple's iPhone Discussions Move to Scandinavia

Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 4:15 PM - by

Swedish and Norwegian telecommunication companies TeliaSonera and Telenor said they are in discussions with Apple to carry the iPhone there, according to MarketWatch on Friday.

Representatives form both companies told Dow Jones that they are "very interested in the iPhone."

"We have seen immense interest in the iPhone from our customers," said Anders Krokan, Telenor spokesman. "We are still in talks, but I doubt we would be able to offer the iPhone this year."

The news suggests that Apple is conducting a sequential engagement with possible European carriers, a strategy that allows the previous agreements to kindle interest during current discussions with new partners.

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Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:28 pm

Telenor is Norwegian, not Swedish.

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Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:15 am

It says "Swedish and Norwegian telecommunication companies TeliaSonera and Telenor " so it's not too hard to assume that the first is Swedish and the second Norwegian. To be exact; the first is Swedish-Finnish as Sonera is a Fiinish company merged with Telia.

Anyways; I read that NetCom, another Norwegian company, is also negotiating, so I guess it is still open. I hope so, because I don't like the greedy politics and monopolistic behaviour of Telenor. But looking at how impopular AT&T seems to be in the US, I guess it will be Telenor here...

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