August 22: Big day for iPhone abroad

Mark your calendars for August 22, when many countries will start offering the iPhone 3G for sale. Here’s a list of the countries that are expecting launches that Friday (and their associated carriers, in parentheses):

• Argentina (America Movil)
• Chile (America Movil)
• Colombia (America Movil)
• Czech Republic (Telefonica O2)
• Ecuador (America Movil)
• El Salvador (America Movil)
• Estonia (TeliaSonera, EMT)
• Guatemala (America Movil)
• Honduras (America Movil)
• Hungary (T-Mobile)
• India (Bharti Airtel, Vodafone)
• Mexico (America Movil)
• Paraguay (America Movil)
• Peru (America Movil)
• Poland (Orange
  , Era)
• Philippines (Globe Telecom)
• Romania (Orange)
• Uruguay (America Movil)

Apple said last month that 20 countries would be getting iPhone 3G on the 22nd, so our list is coming up a little short. whether you know of a country I missed, let me know in, or by tipping us.

In other news, Virgin Mobile is now offering iPhone 3G service in Australia. that addition gives the country four providers to choose from: Vodafone, Optus, and Telstra are the other three. Sadly — according to this article, they’re aly out of stock.

[Compiled with help from VentureBeat and AppleInsider.]

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[Source] Robert Palmer