Posted on Friday, Jul 4, 2008 by Rene Ritchie
File Under:News; Tags: australia, canada, iPhone 3G, optus, plans, prices, rates, rogers, sweden, telestra, teliasonera

Thanks to reader, Adam R. who wrote in to let us know Australian rates have been revealed, and his Blackberry can now “go the way of the dodo”.
First up is Optus who’ve announced both pre-paid and post-paid plans. Pre-paid Turbo Caps start at AUS$30 for an AUS$30 “mycredit”, AUS$110 “mybonus”, and AUS$30 “mytime money” — but no “mydata”. At AUS$100 you get 100/800/100 and Plus 1GB “mydata”. On these plans, and 8GB iPhone 3G will run you AUS$729 and 16GB, AUS$849. Not confusing enough for non-Ozzies, plan rates weigh in at AUS$0.78/min. for national calls,AUS$0.35 per “Flagfall” call, and AUS$02.2/KB weekdays and AUS$1.1/KB for “iZoo Browsing”.
Read on for Post-paid, Telestra’s first statement, Canadian craziness, and some Swedish relief!
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Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 by Rene Ritchie
File Under:News; Tags: australia, bharti airtel, globe, india, iphone-risk, optus, philippines, singapore, singtel

Thanks to eagle-eyed reader Janric for the tip:
Globe’s Head for Consumer Wireless Business Ferdinand Dela Cruz announced today that Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel, and Optus have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to the Philippines, Singapore, India, and Australia later this year.
Philippines is new, Singapore is now confirmed, and given that Vodafone has already announced Australia and India, this would make it the second and third confirmed non-exclusive territories after Italy.
Score board says:
| |
Europe |
North Am. |
South Am |
Asia |
Africa |
Oceania |
Antarctica |
Total |
| Launched |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Announced |
5 |
2 |
15? |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
29 |
| Rumored |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
12 |
3 |
15? |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
37 |
Okay folks, who’s next?