Thai AIS in talks with Apple on iPhone launch

Apple Inc and Thailand's Advanced Info Service ADVA.BK (AIS) are in talks about selling the U.S. firm's popular iPhone in Thailand, a senior official of the Thai firm said on Monday. "We are negotiating on details, including a revenue sharing standard. Apple needs a local operator to promote iPhone," Prattana Leelapanang, assistant vice president for AIS's wireless business marketing, told Reuters. He gave no details of when the talks would be completed. iPhone, which combines Apple's iPod music player, a video player and a Web browser, is now sold in the United States and Europe, and Apple plans to launch it in Asia this year. Last week, Apple and China Mobile, the world's largest cellular operator, terminated talks to launch iPhone, one of the hottest gadgets to hit U.S. and European stores in 2007. Read full story...

 


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