New Delhi and Warsaw - Apple (NASD: AAPL) on Friday launched its iPhone 3G in India and Poland, but while crowds lined up at midnight sales at several locations in India, Apple's Polish iPhone carrier partner, Orange, said it paid actors to create "fake queues" at 20 of its stores in the country, Reuters reported. The iPhone 3G retails for a whopping $700 in India, compared with $199 in the U.S., but Indian carrier partner Airtel told Reuters it counted more than 200,000 pre-bookings before prices were announced.

London - Six British Internet service providers have signed on to a voluntary code of conduct -- in the face of looming legislation -- that will see them send hundreds of thousands of letters to suspected illegal file-swappers and work with music and other rights holders "towards a significant reduction in illegal filesharing." U.K. ISPs Virgin Media, BSkyB, Carphone Warehouse, BT, Orange and Tiscali are party to the agreement, which came after negotiations facilitated by the U.K.'s Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), and also includes record label trade group the BPI, and the Motion Picture Association of America.

Paris - French wireless carrier Orange on Thursday debuted Musique Max, an unlimited PC and mobile full-track download service. Featuring tracks from all four major labels and independents including Believe and Scorpio Music, the service will cost subscribers 12 euros (about $18.54) per month. Orange claims 7.5 million broadband and 7 million 3G mobile service subscribers.

Paris - Following a raft of recent announcements for further iPhone expansion plans, France-based wireless carrier Orange on Friday announced a partnership with Apple (NASD: AAPL) to launch the iPhone with its customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and the company's African markets later this year. The company also recently signed deals with various carriers to launch the iPhone in Canada, Latin America and other regions.

London - European mobile network operator Orange has launched a three-month trial of its ad-supported mobile music service with 800,000 of its 15.6 million subscribers. The service will allow users to download a selection of 500 tracks for free, for half or full price. The company is working with mobile ad firm ScreenTonic, and has signed on sponsors for the trial that include Paramount Pictures and Ford.

Paris - French telecom Orange has partnered with Lagardere Active and music service provider Yacast, to launch a new ad-supported streaming music service in France called Musiline, Billboard reported. Available for free to Orange France's 7 million broadband subscribers, the personalized radio service also offers paid downloads for about $1.45 per track.

Frankfurt, Germany - A German court reversed an earlier injunction on Tuesday, and said mobile operator T-Mobile may sell Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone with a condition locking customers to its own wireless service for a two-year term, the Associated Press reported.

London - Apple's (NASD: AAPL) 8GB iPhone went on sale in the U.K. and Germany on Friday, sporting price tags of about $563 (GBP) at O2 and Carphone Warehouse in the U.K. and $583 (euros) at T-Mobile stores in Germany.

Cupertino, Calif. - As anticipated, Apple has announced that Orange, France's largest wireless carrier, will be the exclusive partner for the launch of the iPhone there on Nov. 29.

Paris - Apple and France Telecom are at odds over the percentage of service revenues the Orange mobile network would pay to Apple for the right to distribute the iPhone in France, possibly jeopardizing the device's launch there in time for the holidays, Reuters reported, citing an article on the website of French business magazine Challenges.

London - Apple has invited media to a press conference in London next Tuesday, at which it is expected to announce which European wireless carriers will offer its iPhone when it launches there in the fall, Reuters reported.