iPhone in Europe - EDGE is not very popular (Score 1)

When they launch iPhone in Europe it's going to need something other than EDGE as mobile data connectivity. The majority of European mobile phone companies skipped EDGE and went straight over to 3GSM (UMTS - 3G) I realise that EDGE was rolled out by a couple of providers in the USA in a big way but I can't think of *any* provider that uses it in the UK. In Ireland one provider, Meteor, played with the idea for a while as it hadn't a 3G licence. Then as soon as it got one the idea died and they're on track for 3G too. The European 3G network are also much more widespread and well rolled out and have fall back onto 2.5G (GSM/GPRS) I wonder if there's a Euro version in the pipeline given that it's a Q4 launch...