The news seems to be true: the iPhone will – seems to say, say – by Tim distributed in Italy and Spain by Telefonica (holding 10% of Telecom Italy) starting – it seems, it is rumored, it appears that – this summer, From July to be exact. An interesting note is that the terminal market in both countries (in Europe but we think from then on) should actually have connectivity (UMTS thing is struggling, really giving it for granted, since the days of marketing the iPhone itself) .
The official announcement should be at the Mobile World Congress, the new name of the old 3GSM, which will open Feb. 11 in that of Barcelona. After long ballets made of ventilated agreements and abrupt denials should be, in fact. Tariff plans and other little things like that – that would be the real news – of course not talking about and frankly it is hard to predict that Italy is a country ripe in numbers, in terms of calling habits, but also the land of refills from 5 euros. The launch of a product like the iPhone, considering the constraints that we know that Apple sets the basis for negotiations with the telephone carrier, is one of the simplest things and a certain point of view I am curious. Which section of the public focus will? The business users (mah?), Young (mmm …), the sboroni magazine (already better …)? A little advice marketing: great people and focus on the wiretapping: they are now more than half the market, and you know that chic be intercepted on an iPhone? Here one expects a certain – undisguised – tension …
Tags: 3GSM, Apple, iphone, Mobile World Congress, Telefonica, tim, UMTS