Orange offers up iPhone for EMEA

There are 2 Belgium cases that have appealed up to the European Court of Justice on whether Belgium's anti-bundling law is against EU's consumer protection laws (the cases will be heard on June 17, 2008).

[url]http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/16/technology/iphone.php[/url]

Meanwhile, Belgium is thinking about repealing the anti-bundling law.

[url]http://www.vanbaelbellis.com/files/BE%200108-100213A.pdf[/url]

Looks like Orange is betting that Beglium is going to kill their existing laws.

Orange has a very strong presence in Israel, why aren't they bringing the iPhone here as well?

I glad I've just managed to sell my jailbroken iPhone from the US. I'm hopefully gonna get an official, new 3G iPhone here in Slovakia before the end of 2008 without having to worry about unlocking the phone after each update.

So that means Switzerland will have it on both Swisscom and Orange? Fine!

(Of course I happen to be using the third operator, Sunrise.. sigh).

Any rumors or gessing about Russian market support?

Hope Telefonica makes an announcement for their iPhone distribution soon...

Orange Belgium (Mobistar) will offer the iPhone services but will sell unlocked iPhones. Simlocking and discounts on cellphones are forbidden in Belgium. Maybe iPhone 2.0 will be unlocked from the start?