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Apple and T-Mobile International announced that T-Mobile will be the exclusive German carrier of iPhone when it debuts in Germany on November 9. iPhone will be sold in Germany through Telekom Shops of Deutsche Telekom and the T-Mobile web shop. iPhone requires a new 2-year T-Mobile tariff and will be available in an 8Gbyte model for euro 399 ($577) including V.A.T. and will work with either a PC or Mac. "We are convinced that we can get our customers excited about experiencing the mobile Internet with the iPhone," said Hamid Akhavan, CEO, T-Mobile. By yearend, T-Mobile will be the only network operator in Germany to offer EDGE throughout its entire GSM network. EDGE accelerates the mobile data transfer rate to over 220Kbps, almost four times as fast as ISDN in fixed-line networks. With EDGE, T-Mobile offers its customers 100 percent broadband anywhere and at any time. (() |