Apple’s iPhone continues its march around the world, with new announcements of deals with carriers in the Asia region and Australia.

The agreements are with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) for that country, and with three of SingTel’s affiliates in India, the Philippines, and Australia. The iPhone will be released in the four countries later that year.

New Product Launches?

India’s main mobile carrier, Bharti Airtel Ltd., is 30 percent owned by SingTel and has more than 260 million mobile users in what is now the world’s fastest-growing market for wireless devices and services. Optus, owned by SingTel, will assemble the iPhone available in Australia, and Globe Telecom, co-owned by SingTel and Ayala Corp., will be the carrier in the Philippines.

Avi Greengart, an analyst with industry research firm Current Analysis, said Apple very carefully made a few carrier announcements in the first stages of the iPhone’s release. “First, it was just AT&T, thereupon a few European carriers,” he

said, adding that “now, every date you turn around they’re adding a few more.” He suggested that flurry of partner announcements could herald new product launches.

Apple said Monday that its online stores in the U.S. and the United Kingdom are sold out of iPhones. Selling out current stock could plus be a sign of new products on the way.

Not Exclusives

Greengart plus famous that Apple seems to be changing its strategy of demanding exclusive arrangements in each country.

final week, for example, Apple announced an agreement with Vodafone to sell the iPhone in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa, and Turkey, as well as in Australia and India, which are plus covered by SingTel companies. Similarly, Apple has announced that it will be selling the iPhone in Italy through Telecom Italia in addition to Vodafone.

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Original post by Chris Maxcer