September 5, 2008
iPhone? Da!
Noted in passing by RCR —
Vimpelcom and MegaFon — two of Russia’s three largest wireless carriers — will offer Apple Inc.’s iPhone “later this year,” according to company statements in recent days.
Together, the two carriers serve about 80 million Russians, according to news reports.
Russia has about 140 million people with some 150 million cellular subscribers, according to the CIA World Factbook. That’s more than 100% wireless penetration in a country with less than half the population of the United States, but nearly twice the physical size.
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