Airtel and Apple to Bring iPhone 3GS to India

The much awaited iPhone 3GS is finally coming to India. Bharti Airtel and Apple have reached an agreement to launch the iPhone 3GS in India. The Apple iPhone 3GS will be available Only at at Airtel Authorised Stores according to the reports till now . the launching date will be revealed soon .As per Airtel website there is no exchange offer available, which means that existing iPhone customers cannot exchange their iPhones for the 3GS version.

The iPhone 3GS on Airtel will be locked to Airtel and will work with an activated Airtel SIM card.

About Bharti Airtel Limited : Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is among Asia’s leading integrated telecom services providers with operations in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In South Asia, the company had an aggregate of over 131 million customers as of end January 2010, including 121.7 million mobile customers in India. Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

“We are delighted with the opportunity to bring the innovative iPhone 3G to India,” said Manoj Kohli, president and CEO, Bharti Airtel. “As India’s leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has always stood for innovation and customer delight. With our reach across the country and iPhone’s revolutionary features, we have a valuable proposition for our customers in India.”

“We are thrilled to be working with Bharti Airtel, India’s leading integrated telecom company, to bring iPhone 3G to millions of mobile customers in India,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s COO. “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary product in the hands of even more people around the world.”