However, it's bundled with a Siemens C35 Wap mobile phone which uses the Vodafone network.
So, Cubic customers living in the UK get to use the Vodafone network and local rates plus Maxroam's competitive roaming rates in 230 countries on one SIM Card on a prepaid account you can top up.
Maxroam's company, Cubic Telecom, has signed a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement which means Cubic's global customers can use voice, text and data while in the UK using the Vodafone UK network.
"Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network," the British-based firm said in a statement without giving any more details.
For instance, if you are a cellphone user from India on the Vodafone network, you should type "recharge phone Vodafone India online" or something along those lines.
Many phones, particularly those using the technology behind networks such as Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, are increasingly likely to support the Global Positioning System and so can communicate their location precisely.
Vodafone is said to be interested in buying only a rival that uses the same network technology, a stipulation that would make Verizon and Sprint PCS less desirable acquisition targets because they use a different standard.
There will also be on-demand and interactive programming that will use the cellular network, which could mean more cash for operators like Verizon, Cingular Wireless and Vodafone.
It will be interesting to see whether Vodafone plans to continue this business model, or use the network to launch its own broadband operation.
The students sometimes use the network, too.
