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For local telcos, in particular newly-annointed iPhone vendors Vodafone and Optus it has the potential to massively boost revenue through increased data downloads.
For example, reports from T-mobile and O2 in Europe, and more recently AT&T in the US have all noted that anyone who uses an iPhone downloads more data than they ever had done so before with any other phone – all adding to an increasingly fat bottom line.
Furthermore, the iPhone's impact is also expected to go way beyond just the mobile phone market, with many tech watchers saying there will be a flow on effect to such products as the iPod and by default, Apples online music store, iTunes.
And as was seen when the iPod was launched, sales of Mac computers also went up as well, a situation that will probably repeat itself post-iPhone launch.
