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iPhone Is an Expensive Drug, Says Russian Mobile Chief

in News on March 20, 2009 at 2:40 pm PT

U.S. telecom executives are cautious about speaking their minds when it comes to tech heavyweights like Apple and Google, but not Mikhail Shamolin, president of MTS, Russia’s largest cellphone company. In an interview with Wall Street Journal editorial staff, he said the negotiations to bring the iPhone to Russia last fall were like “the negotiations of a junkie and a narcotics salesman,” because of the pent-up demand for the device.