iPhone: Locating wireless carriers

Summary

Use this article to find links to wireless-carrier support and basic information about the services currently supported. Click the region in which you live to locate your carrier's information.

Products Affected

iPhone

Europe

Albania
Albania		 AMC AMC Support3 √ √   √  
austria flag
Austria		 3 3 Support √     √  
Orange Orange Support √ √ √ √ √
T-Mobile iPhone im T-Mobile Shop √ √ √ √ √
A1 Telekom A1 Telekom √ √   √ √
belgium flag
Belgium		 Mobistar Mobistar Support3       √  
Telenet Telenet Support3       √  
bulgaria flag
Bulgaria		 GLOBUL GLOBUL Support3 √ √   √ √
MTel MTel Support3 √ √   √ √
croatia flag
Croatia		 T-Mobile T-Mobile Croatia Support3 √ √ √ √ √
VIPNet VIPNet Support3 √ √   √ √
Cyprus KKTCell KKTCell Support3 √ √   √  
czech republic flag
Czech Republic		 O2 O2 Czech Republic Support3       √  
T-Mobile T-Mobile Support3       √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Czech Republic Support3       √ √
denmark flag
Denmark		 3 3 Support3 √ √   √ √
TDC TDC Support3 √     √ √
Telenor Telenor Support3 √     √ √
Telia Telia Support3 √     √ √
estonia flag
Estonia		 EMT EMT Support3 √ √   √ √
finland flag
Finland		 Sonera Sonera Support3 √     √ √
DNA DNA Support3 √     √ √
Elisa Elisa Support3       √ √
france flag
France		 Bouygues Bouygues Support √ √ √ √  
Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile Support √ √   √  
Orange Orange Support √ √ √ √ √
SFR SFR Support √ √ √ √ √
germany flag
Germany		 T-Mobile iPhone im T-Mobile Shop √ √ √ √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Support  √ √  √ √ √
O2 O2 Support     √ √  
greece flag
Greece		 Vodafone Vodafone Greece Support3       √ √
Cosmote Cosmote Support3       √ √
Wind Wind Support3       √  
hungary flag
Hungary		 T-Mobile T-Mobile Support3 √ √ √ √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Support √  √   √ √
ireland flag
Ireland		 3 3 Support √ √   √  
eMobile eMobile Support √ √   √   
Meteor Meteor Support √ √   √   
O2 iPhone O2 Support - Ireland √ √   √  √
Vodafone Vodafone Support √ √   √ √
italy flag
Italy		 3 3 Support       √ √
TIM TIM Support4       √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Support       √ √
latvia flag
Latvia		 LMT LMT Support3 √ √   √ √
liechtenstein flag
Liechtenstein		 Orange Orange Support √ √   √ √
Swisscom Swisscom Support √ √ √ √ √
lithuania flag
Lithuania		 Omnitel Omnitel Lithuania Support3 √     √ √
luxembourg flag
Luxembourg		 Orange Orange Support3       √ √
LUXGSM LUXGSM Support3       √ √
Tango Tango Mobile3        √  √
macedonia flag
Macedonia		 T-Mobile T-Mobile Support3 √ √   √ √
malta flag
Malta		 Vodafone Vodafone Support3 √     √ √
moldova flag
Moldova		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √ √
montenegro flag
Montenegro		 T-Mobile T-Mobile Support3 √ √   √ √
netherlands flag
Netherlands		 KPN KPN Support       √  
T-Mobile Apple iPhone bij T-Mobile √     √  
Vodafone Vodafone Support      √ √ √
norway flag
Norway		 NetCom NetCom Support3 √     √ √
Tele 2 Tele 2 Support3 √     √  
Telenor Telenor Support3 √     √ √
poland flag
Poland		 Orange Orange Support3 √ √   √ √
T-Mobile T-Mobile Support3 √ √ √ √ √
portugal flag
Portugal		 Optimus Optimus Support √     √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Support √ √ √ √ √
TMN TMN Support √     √
romania flag
Romania		 Orange Orange Support3 √ √   √ √
Cosmote Cosmote Support3      

Vodafone Vodafone Support3 √ √   √ √
russia flag
Russia		 MTS MTS Support3       √  
Beeline Beeline Online Support3       √ √
slovakia flag
Slovakia		 Orange Orange Support3       √ √
T-Mobile T-Mobile Support3 √     √ √
slovenia flag
Slovenia		 Si.mobile Si.mobil Support3   √   √ √
spain flag
Spain		 Movistar Movistar Support √ √ √ √ √
Orange Orange Support3 √ √   √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Support3 √ √   √ √
sweden flag
Sweden		 3 3 Support3 √ √   √ √
TELE2 TELE2 Support3 √     √ √
Telenor Telenor Support3 √     √ √
Telia Telia Support3 √     √ √
switzerland flag
Switzerland		 Orange Orange Support √ √ √ √ √
Sunrise Sunrise Support √ √   √ √
Swisscom Swisscom Support √   √ √ √
turkey flag
Turkey		 Avea Avea Support       √ √
TurkCell TurkCell Support       √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Turkey Support3 √     √ √
UK flag
UK		 3 3 Support √ √   √ √
O2 O2 Online Support √ √ √ √ √
Orange Orange Support √ √   √ √
T-Mobile T-Mobile Support √ √   √ √
Tesco Tesco Support √ √   √  
Vodafone Vodafone Support √ √   √ √

Notes:

  1. May include an additional fee or requirement. Contact carrier for more information.
  2. If iPhone has been serviced, it may have a different part number.
  3. Technical support for iPhone in this region is provided by the carrier, not Apple.
  4. Includes Vatican City and San Marino.

Asia-Pacific

australia flag
Australia		 3 3 Support √ √   √ √
Optus Optus Support √ √   √ √
Telstra Telstra Support √ √ √ √ √
Vodafone Vodafone Support √ √ √ √ √
china flag
China2		 China Unicom China Unicom Support       √ √
guam flag
Guam		 GTA GTA Guam Support3 √       √
hong kong flag
Hong Kong		 3 3 Support     √ √ √
1010 1010 Support       √ √
one2free one2free Support       √ √
SmarTone SmarTone Support     √ √ √
india flag
India		 Aircel Aircel Support       √ √
airtel airtel Support       √ √
indonesia flag
Indonesia		 Telkomsel Telkomsel Support3       √ √
XL XL Support3       √ √
japan flag
Japan		 au au Support √        
SoftBank SoftBank Support √   √ √  
korea flag
South Korea		 olleh olleh Support √     √ √
SK Telecom SK Telecom Support       √ √
macau flag
Macau		 3 3 Support3       √ √
CTM CTM Support3       √ √
SmarTone SmarTone Support3       √ √
malaysia flag
Malaysia		 Celcom Celcom Support3       √ √
DiGi DiGi Support3       √ √
Maxis Maxis Support3       √ √
new zealand flag
New Zealand		 Telecom Telecom Support       √  √ 
Vodafone Vodafone Support        √  √
philippines flag
Philippines		 Globe Globe Support3 √     √ √
SMART SMART3 √     √ √
singapore flag
Singapore		 SingTel SingTel Support       √ √
M1 M1 Support       √ √
StarHub StarHub Support       √ √
taiwan flag
Taiwan		 Chunghwa Telecom Chunghwa Telecom Support3       √ √
FarEasTone FarEasTone Support3       √ √
Taiwan Mobile Taiwan Mobile Support3       √ √
thailand flag
Thailand		 AIS AIS Support3       √ √
dtac dtac Support3       √ √
TrueMove TrueMove Support3       √ √
vietnam flag
Vietnam		 Viettel Viettel Support3 √ √   √ √
VinaPhone VinaPhone Support3       √ √

Notes:

  1. May include an additional fee or requirement. Contact carrier for more information.
  2. Learn more about iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS features in China.
  3. Technical support for iPhone in this region is provided by the carrier, not Apple.

The United States and Canada

canada flag
Canada		 Bell Bell Support √   √ √ √
Fido Fido Support √ √ √ √ √
MTS (Canada) MTS (Canada) Support √     √  √
Rogers Rogers Support √ √ √ √ √
SaskTel SaskTel Support √
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Telus Telus Support √   √ √ √
Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile Support √   √ √ √
USA flag
USA		 AT&T2 AT&T Online Support √   √ √ √
C Spire C Spire Online Support √   √  √ √
Sprint Sprint Online Support √   √  √ √
Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless Support √   √ √ √

Notes:

  1. May include an additional fee or requirement. Contact carrier for more information.
  2. Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Latin America and Caribbean

anguilla flag
Anguilla		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √    
antigua & barbuda flag
Antigua and Barbuda		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √    
argentina flag
Argentina		 Claro Claro Support3 √ √ √4 √  
Movistar Movistar Support3 √ √   √  
Personal Personal Support3 √ √   √  
barbados flag
Barbados		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √     
bolivia flag
Bolivia		 Tigo Tigo Support3 √     √  
brazil flag
Brazil		 Claro Claro Support3 √ √ √ √ √
Oi Oi Support3       √ √
VIVO VIVO Support3 √ √   √ √
TIM TIM Support3 √ √   √ √
british virgin islands flag
British Virgin Islands		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √    
Cayman Islands flag
Cayman Islands		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √     
chile flag
Chile		 Claro Claro Support3 √ √ √ √  
Entel PCS Entel PCS Support3 √ √   √ √
TMC TMC Support3 √ √   √  
colombia flag
Colombia		 Comcel Comcel Support3 √ √ √4 √ √
Movistar Movistar Support3 √ √   √  
Tigo Tigo Support3   √   √ √
costa rica flag
Costa Rica		 ICE ICE Support3 √ √   √ √
Dominica flag
Dominica		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √     
dominican republic flag
Dominican Republic		 Claro Claro Support3 √     √ √
Orange Orange Support3 √ √   √ √
ecuador flag
Ecuador		 Claro Claro Support3   √ √ √ √
Movistar Movistar Support3   √   √  
el salvador flag
El Salvador		 Claro Claro Support3 √ √ √ √ √
Movistar Movistar Support3 √ √   √  
Tigo Tigo Support3 √     √ √
french west indies flag
French West Indies		 Orange Orange Support3 √ √ √ √  
grenada flag
Grenada		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √     
guatemala flag
Guatemala		 Claro Claro Support3 √
√ √ √
Movistar Movistar Support3 √ √   √ √
Tigo Tigo Support3 √     √ √
honduras flag
Honduras		 Claro Claro Support3 √ √ √ √ √
Tigo Tigo Support3 √     √ √
jamaica flag
Jamaica		 Claro Claro Support3 √     √  
Lime Lime Support3 √     √  
mexico flag
Mexico		 Movistar Movistar Support3 √     √  
Telcel Telcel Support3 √   √4 √ √
Iusacell Iusacell Support3       √ √
montserrat flag
Montserrat		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √    
nicaragua flag
Nicaragua		 Claro Claro Support3 √   √ √ √
Movistar Movistar Support3 √     √  
panama flag
Panama		 Movistar Movistar Support3 √     √  
Claro Claro Support3 √   √  √  
Cable & Wireless Cable & Wireless3 √      √  
paraguay flag
Paraguay		 CTI Movil CTI Movil Support3 √ √ √ √  
Tigo Tigo Support3 √     √ √
peru flag
Peru		 Claro Claro Support3 √ √ √ √  
TM SAC TM SAC Support3 √ √   √  
Puerto Rico flag
Puerto Rico		 Claro Claro Support3 √   √  √     
st. kitts flag
St. Kitts		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √     
st. lucia flag
St. Lucia		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √    
st. vincit and the grenadines flag
St. Vincit and the Grenadines		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √    
trinidad and tobago flag
Trinidad & Tobago		 TSTT TSTT Support3 √ √   √     
turks and caicos flag
Turks & Caicos		 Lime Lime Support3 √ √   √     
uruguay flag
Uruguay		 CTI Movil CTI Movil Support3 √ √ √ √  
Movistar Movistar Support3 √ √   √  
venezuela flag

Venezuela

 Digitel Digitel Support3 √     √  
Movistar Movistar Support3 √     √ √

Notes:

  1. May include an additional fee or requirement. Contact carrier for more information.
  2. If iPhone has been serviced, it may have a different part number.
  3. Technical support for iPhone in this region is provided by the carrier, not Apple.
  4. Contact carrier for availability.

Middle East

armenia flag
Armenia		 Orange Orange Armenia Support3 √     √ √
bahrain flag
Bahrain		 Viva Viva Support3       √  
Zain Zain Support3 √ √   √ √
israel flag
Israel		 Cellcom Cellcom Support3

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Orange Partner Orange Partner Support3

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Pelephone Pelephone Support3

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jordan flag
Jordan		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
Zain Zain Support3   √   √ √
kuwait flag
Kuwait		 Viva Kuwait Viva Kuwait Support3       √ √
Zain Zain Support3       √ √
quatar flag
Qatar		 Vodafone Vodafone Support3          
saudi arabia flag
Saudi Arabia4		 Mobily Mobily Support3       √  
STC Saudi STC Saudi Support3       √  
united arab emirates flag
United Arab Emirates4		 Etisalat Etisalat Support3       √  
DU DU Support3       √ √

Notes:

  1. May include an additional fee or requirement. Contact carrier for more information.
  2. If iPhone has been serviced, it may have a different part number.
  3. Technical support for iPhone in this region is provided by the carrier, not Apple.
  4. FaceTime is not available in this country.

Africa

botswana flag
Botswana		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
cameroon flag
Cameroon		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
central african republic flag
C. African Republic		 Orange Orange Support3 √        
egypt flag
Egypt		 Etisalat Etisalat Support3 √     √ √
Mobinil Mobinil Support3 √     √  
Vodafone Vodafone Egypt Support3 √     √ √
guinea flag
Guinea		 Orange Orange Support3 √        
ivory coast flag
Ivory Coast		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
kenya flag
Kenya		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
madagascar flag
Madagascar		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
mali flag
Mali		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
mauritius flag
Mauritius		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
morocco flag
Morocco		 Meditel Meditel Support3 √     √  
niger flag
Niger		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
reunion island flag
Reunion Island		 Orange Orange Support3 √ √   √ √
SFR  SFR √   √   √
senegal flag
Senegal		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
south africa flag
South Africa		 Vodacom Vodacom South Africa Support Resources3     √ √ √
MTN MTN Support3       √ √
tunisia flag
Tunisia		 Orange Orange Support3 √     √  
uganda flag
Uganda		 Orange Orange Uganda3 √        

Notes:

  1. May include an additional fee or requirement. Contact carrier for more information.
  2. If iPhone has been serviced, it may have a different part number.
  3. Technical support for iPhone in this region is provided by the carrier, not Apple.

 

Additional Information

iPhone is available for purchase and activation through Apple, wireless carriers, and authorized resellers (not all options are available in all countries or locations). In most countries, the place of purchase will verify that you have an account with the carrier and then give you instructions on how to activate your iPhone. Verification of carrier account is not required in countries in which unlocked iPhones are available for sale.

Apple Online Store sells unlocked iPhone in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium (French, Dutch), Canada (English, French), China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Hong Kong (English, Chinese), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (French, German), Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States.

For additional information about iPhone wireless carriers worldwide and where to purchase, select your country.

If you're having trouble activating an iPhone on one of the carriers listed above, please visit this article. 

Important: Mention of third-party websites and products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance or use of information or products found at third-party websites. Apple provides this only as a convenience to our users. Apple has not tested the information found on these sites and makes no representations regarding its accuracy or reliability. There are risks inherent in the use of any information or products found on the Internet, and Apple assumes no responsibility in this regard. Please understand that a third-party site is independent from Apple and that Apple has no control over the content on that website. Please contact the vendor for additional information.
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