Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Asia-Pacific telecoms SingTel, Bharti, Globe, Optus to bring iPhone to parts of the region

Four Asia-Pacific mobile providers _ Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., Globe Telecom Inc. and SingTel subsidiary Optus Monday _ said Monday they have signed an agreement with Apple Inc. to offer the iPhone in their respective markets later this year.

SingTel will sell the multimedia gadget in Singapore, Bharti Airtel Ltd. in India, Globe Telecom Inc. in the Philippines and Optus in Australia, the companies said in a brief joint statement, without giving details.

SingTel owns Optus and holds a 30.5 percent stake in Bharti and 44.5 percent in Globe. As of Dec. 31, 2007, SingTel had about 2.3 million mobile subscribers in Singapore and …

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