Dubai: The new iPhone 3GS will be available in the UAE by the end of October, according to a report in the local Arabic daily Al Emarat Al Youm.

etisalat has also said that it is co-operating with a fourth company to offer new smart phones in the market by the end of this year.

The three mobile phones companies that etisalat is dealing with currently are Apple, HTC, and BlackBerry.

The new iPhone 3GS has added features such as a compass and a 32GB memory. etisalat stated that there are now more than 200,000 BlackBerry users and that it has more than 30,000 iPhone subscribers.