Yesterday, the iPhone 5 was officially announced for more than 50 countries, and today we’ve seen a similar announcement for the iTunes Store, which is also being brought to more than 50 nations globally. Now users in 119 countries all told can purchase music direct from Apple, and today’s rollout also saw movies also available for users in Russia, Turkey, India and Indonesia.
Here’s a full list of nations that have been added to the iTunes store rollcall, courtesy of MacRumors:
- Europe: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
- Africa, the Middle East and India: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- Asia Pacific: Fiji, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago
Apple certainly seems to be on a major international kick right now, and the recent unveiling of the iPhone 5 in China netted a whopping 100,000 pre-orders through a single carrier.
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