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Files under: Enterprise, Mobile, News, Quintura Search, Tech
Posted by: Quintura @ 23:59 [21. 08. 08]
 The largest Russian mobile phone operator (MTS) has with Apple to distribute iPhones in Russia starting from October, reported . MTS more than 87 million subscribers at the end of July 2008, including almost 62 million subscribers in Russia. 17 million people access Internet from mobile phones in Russia, making the country ranked 4th in mobile phone penetration.
MTS‘ major competitor (Beeline) recently agreed with (RIM) to exclusively sell the BlackBerry 8800 smartphone to corporate Beeline subscribers in Russia.
Beeline and MTS were named the best Russian brands in 2007.
You can always read the latest news, tips and rumors about iPhone in Russia on , the leading Russian blog about iPhones, where Quintura happens to power .
Update: According to business daily , all three major Russian mobile phone operators will begin selling iPhones in upcoming fall. The newspaper reported that Beeline and Megafon committed to sell 1.5 million iPhones each over the next two years while MTS committed to sell 1 million iPhones over the next three years. The average iPhone selling price will be $1,000 per phone.
Tags: Beeline Blackberry, Blackberry Russia, iPhone Russia, Mobile TeleSystems Apple, Mobile TeleSystems iPhone, MTS Apple, MTS iPhone
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1 iPhones on the streets of Moscow Quintura @ 23:59 [21. 08. 08]
[...] flood of legal iPhones is expected to hit Russia soon as well, since our friend from Quintura writes that he largest Russian mobile phone operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has agreed with Apple to [...]