How about 29 new international iTunes Stores?
Apple’s new agreement with Stockholm-based TeliaSonera will bring the iPhone to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland—which already have iTunes Stores—and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which don’t.
That takes care of half of the countries with iTunes Stores but which hadn’t yet announced iPhone carriers, and raises the number of announced countries without iTunes Stores to 29, as noted earlier.
It’s possible Apple might use the App Store alone to register all these international customers, since creating that many new iTunes Stores would be a tremendous amount of work. But rolling out the App Store to all those countries will also involve a tremendous amount of work. Either way, Apple’s about to get very busy. (Good thing they’ve been taking it easy lately.)
Update: Added Hong Kong and Macau to the list. 5/29/2008
Here’s the updated list of countries, carriers, and whether those countries already have iTunes Stores:
| Country | Carrier | Already has iTunes Store? |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Claro | no |
| Australia | Optus & Vodafone | Yes |
| Austria | One & T-Mobile | Yes |
| Belgium | Mobistar | Yes |
| Brazil | Claro | no |
| Canada | Rogers | Yes |
| Chile | Claro | no |
| Colombia | Comcel | no |
| Czech Republic | Vodafone | no |
| Denmark | TeliaSonera | Yes |
| Dominican Republic | Claro & Orange | no |
| Ecuador | Porta | no |
| Egypt | Mobinil & Vodafone | no |
| El Salvador | Claro | no |
| Estonia | TeliaSonera | no |
| Finland | TeliaSonera | Yes |
| France | Orange | Yes |
| Germany | T-Mobile | Yes |
| Greece | Vodafone | Yes |
| Guatemala | Claro | no |
| Honduras | Claro | no |
| Hong Kong | Hutchison | no |
| India | Bharti Airtel & Vodafone | no |
| Ireland | O2 | Yes |
| Italy | Telecom Italia & Vodafone | Yes |
| Jamaica | Claro & MiPhone | no |
| Jordan | Orange | no |
| Japan | - | Yes |
| Latvia | TeliaSonera | no |
| Lithuania | TeliaSonera | no |
| Luxembourg | - | Yes |
| Macau | Hutchison | no |
| Mexico | Telcel | no |
| Netherlands | - | Yes |
| New Zealand | Vodafone | Yes |
| Nicaragua | Claro | no |
| Norway | TeliaSonera | Yes |
| Paraguay | Claro | no |
| Peru | Claro | no |
| Philippines | Globe Telecom | no |
| Poland | Orange | no |
| Portugal | Optimus & Vodafone | Yes |
| Puerto Rico | Claro | no |
| Romania | Orange | no |
| Singapore | SingTel Mobile | no |
| Slovakia | Orange | no |
| South Africa | Vodacom | no |
| Spain | - | Yes |
| Sweden | TeliaSonera | Yes |
| Switzerland | Orange | Yes |
| Turkey | Vodafone | no |
| UK | O2 | Yes |
| Uruguay | Claro | no |
| USA | AT&T | Yes |