TelisSonera has announced that it will bring the iPhone to all the Nordic and Baltic countries, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

The iPhone was not available in those areas. TeliaSonera, however, does not have a contract to release it in Spain and the emerging markets of Eurasia (including Russia and Turkey) - where it offers its services.

It comes after Orange announcement that it had secured another deal to release it into another dozen countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

As well, Vodafone announced that it would distribute the iPhone in ten countries, including Australia - where it shares the contract with Optus, where its owner SingTel has a contract to release it in several countries in the Asia-Pacific region.