That’s a shame, since claro is into heavy illegal practices in Chile (Like ruining credit reports for being 20 minutes late to pay a bill), their tech support is abysmal (They didn’t fixed a 15 days old BlackBerry “just because") and have almost no 3G coverage (Only Santiago and the Valparaiso harbor)

I think most people will keep buying iPhones in the US and unlocking them.

For those who don’t know, América Móvil IS Telcel, which also is known for unethical practices on cel billing. They’ve just introduced 3G a few weeks ago, while competitors have been promoting it ages ago!

Again, they do not have the advertising power of Telcel (a shame).

But a lot of people have iPhones on the Telcel service right now, and the way I see it, they’ll keep buying in EU and jailbreaking in Mexico.

It’s great Apple might finally give Latin America the pleasure of owning an iPhone without having it be jailbroken and hacked.

Also, in Ecuador, the carrier’s name is “PORTA”, not “potra”, which is a female horse. LOL.

Does this mean IMS will be available for LatinAmerica?

For those above, I don’t vouch for Telcel and Claro on billing and tech support problems but I gotta tell you this is goods news for Latinamerica. Seems to me that you guys have an iPhone and don’t want anyone else to have it. I personally believe that sells are going to be huge.

Cheers.