France Telecom’s Orange has reached an agreement with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to take the iPhone to Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and its African markets later this year, the company said in a terse, one-line statement today. Though Orange exclusively sells the iPhone in France—and will do so for another two and half years, their new deal is most likely a non-exclusive one. Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced last week that it will sell the phone in Egypt and Portugal, while T-Mobile will also sell the device in Austria (release).

Meanwhile, Swisscom has also confirmed it will sell the iPhone in Switzerland, with Forbes reporting it should be on sale later this year… and noting that any marketing benefits will be reduced if the deal isn’t exclusive.

International Business Times notes that RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has (finally) managed to convince the South Korean government to let it sell Blackberries in the country—previously they weren’t able to because mobile phones are required to use the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI) in Korea, and the Blackberry uses RIM’s proprietary technology. Apparently, “Apple’s iPhone has also not been introduced to the Korean market because of the WIPI rule.”

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