Globe Telecom and Apple announced on June 10,  2008, that Globe Telecom will be selling iPhone in the Philippines later this year. No announcements have been made regarding pricing or data plans.

Confirming the news, Gerardo C. Ablaza, Jr. president and CEO of Globe Telecom stated:

We are very excited to be working with Apple to bring Filipino consumers iPhone 3G later this year. Our customers are our greatest passion and we’re constantly striving to offer them the most innovative products such as the revolutionary iPhone 3G.

While most Filipinos are enthusiastic that the local carrier Globe Telecom will be iPhone’s carrier, there have been some doubts, about the company’s ability to deliver the goods. Many of them probably are  Smart communications users themselves, but since Apple has stopped making exclusive country-specific deals, it is possible that Smart Communications would also get to sell the iPhone in the future.