In a release issued late this afternoonTelstra have said that regional Australians will be among the first to get the iPhone 3G on the Next G network." From Friday morning, customers can buy the iPhone 3G on Australia's fastest and largest 3G network at Telstra's flagship T [life] stores in Melbourne and Sydney CBD, as well as selected Telstra stores across all capital cities and territories including regional towns such as Kalgoorlie, Geelong, Dubbo and Alice Springs."

According to Telstra spoksperson Peter Taylor, more Australians will enjoy the iPhone 3G experience in even more places on Next G which is the country's largest and fastest 3G network, providing coverage to 99 per cent of the population."

Regional customers will not be left out, with the iPhone 3G available in the first wave to Telstra Shops in Alice Springs, Canberra, Casuarina in Darwin, Dubbo, Geelong, Hobart, Kalgoorlie, Marion and on the Sunshine Coast."

Telstra's flagship T [life] stores in Melbourne and Sydney CBD will open Friday at 6am to cater for consumer and business customers on their way to work at a time more convenient for them.  Telstra's T [life] Chadstone (Vic) and Telstra Shops in Hobart (Tas), Queens Plaza (QLD) and Canberra (ACT) will open at 8am.  Telstra's T [life] stores Doncaster (Vic) and Geelong (Vic) and Telstra Shops in Morley (WA), Kalgoorlie (WA), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Marion (SA), Dubbo (NSW), Casuarina (NT), Alice Springs (NT) and Kalgoorlie (WA) will also sell the iPhone 3G and will open for trade at 9am.