IPhone to be launched in France Wednesday night

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- France Telecom said the launch of Apple's iPhone will occur in late-night openings at 12 of its Orange stores. Bordeaux, Lille, Lyons, Marseilles, Montpellier, Nancy, Nice, Nantes, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse will be welcoming iPhone fans from 6:30 pm onwards. In Paris, Orange will open a new store on Avenue des Champs-Elysées. It will charge between 49 ($72) and 119 euros a month and 399 euros for the iPhone itself. Orange is also offering iPhone at 549 euros to customers who do not wish to benefit from one of the four "Orange for iPhone" plans and at 649 euros without a plan. The cost of unlocking the handset is 100 euros during the six months following the acquisition of the iPhone, France Telecom said.

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