O2 To Get iPhone?
The (London)
Times reports today that O2 have secured
the rights to the iPhone for the UK. Neither O2
nor Apple have confirmed the report.
Whatever happens, the
deal done in Europe can't be done in the same way as
the AT&T deal was done in the US. No carrier is
present in all markets, so it's likely that all three
of the big guys (O2/Telefonica, Vodafone and
T-Mobile) will get some slice of the action. What
will be interesting to see is who gets what in
markets where two or all three of them operate.
The other issue is the technology. iPhone works on EDGE on AT&T, a technology that is inferior to the widely available 3G here in Europe. By the time iPhone arrives here, it could well be version 1.1 with 3G support. As long as it's not GPRS!
The other issue is the technology. iPhone works on EDGE on AT&T, a technology that is inferior to the widely available 3G here in Europe. By the time iPhone arrives here, it could well be version 1.1 with 3G support. As long as it's not GPRS!