Tag archive: Hamid Akhavan

The CEO Deutsche Telecom's wireless unit T-Mobile, Hamid Akhavan, says it has sold over 120,000 Apple iPhone 3Gs since the devices went on sale July 11—more than 75,000 in Germany alone—in spite of problems actually getting the phones into customers' hands. The comment came in an interview with the weekly German magazine Focus. T-Mobile has been struggling to work out delivery problems with the iPhone, but claims… Read More

Yesterday, Apple announced an exclusive partnership with the UK's O2 to bring the iPhone to the United Kingdom; today, the iconic electronics maker announced an exclusive deal with Germany's T-Mobile to offer the iPhone in Germany, beginning on November 9. The 8 GB iPhone will go for a whopping €399 (currently, that's over $550 USD) with a two-year T-Mobile tariff. The German launch date of the iPhone corresponds to the… Read More