According to Business Insider reports, one of Russia's Vimpelcom three operators will be discontinued sales of the Apple iPhone, because Apple failed to reach a new agreement, after Russia and the other two operators OAO Megafon has been discontinued iPhone, three operators users accounted for 80% of Russia's mobile phone users.
OAO's CEO Andrei Dubovskov said Apple made iPhone costs of marketing in the Russian market in part by the operators pay, operators must annually pay high fees to Apple, the iPhone sales lead into a loss, so I decided to stop selling the product . Vimpelcom also faced the same situation, in the negotiations Apple has not made any concessions, Vimpelcom announced that it will end this month's negotiations with Apple, after the end of the contract is no longer in the original purchase iPhone, only sales of existing stocks of products sold nights will stop selling the product. Vimpelcom plans to offer the Samsung Galaxy S4, to make up for sale iPhone impact on our business.
Megafon's spokesman said the company has been in 2009 sale of iPhone. Russia's three major carriers will all sale iPhone, Russia is about 180 million mobile phone users, this three user accounts for 80% of them. Indeed iPhone price is very high in Russia, the Russian government does not allow operators to provide users with calls subsidies, high tariffs on imported mobile phones, an iPhone in Russia, priced up to $ 918, which for ordinary mobile phone users, iPhone too expensive. Current iPhone's market share in Russia was 4.5%, Apple can still franchise stores and retailers in Russia selling iPhone
