Telefonica MoviStar grabs Spain for iPhone

Jonny Evans
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May 19, 2008
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 The iPhone is coming to Spain under exclusive arrangement with Telefonica Movistar, the network confirmed privately this month.

Apple has been widely-expected to ink a distribution deal with a Spanish mobile phone network to bring the iPhone to the country, and it appears Movistar has won the toss.

The company’s José Santos Esteras confirmed the news speaking at the Professional Communications Congress, PROCOM, earlier this month. He revealed the network to have secured an exclusive distribution deal for the iPhone in Spain, though competing firms this is only a limited contract, offering exclusivity for just a few months.

We've been predicting this network would snag the distribution contract for a few months now, but it's nice to confirm it.

Thanks to the SevenClick blog for the info.

 

Comments (4)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | May 19, 2008 - 5:36am

We've waiting for so long...

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | May 19, 2008 - 5:51am

yeah sure... Spain has been saying that for almost a year.

If thats true, where is the press release like all the others do it??

http://www.telefonica.es/pressoffice/

admin | May 19, 2008 - 6:02am

....wait for it...

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | May 19, 2008 - 7:40am

Since Movistar has a really BIG presence in Latinamerica, wouldn´t this "agreement" also include those countries? We know America Móvil has secured an agreement with Apple to distribute the iPhone south of the border, but since this "new era" has no exlusivity contracts involved, shouldn´t Movistar included Latinamerica in it?