If you AT&T users thought that you were the only ones to use the iPhone exclusively in the US, this piece of information could quite leave you in dismay. The local telecom service providers in Russia are also able to do so courtesy of the young engineers who do away with the US carrier language codes by installing a Russian Language pack for $40 thus making it worthy of running on Russian Services. This practice has indeed reached an epidemic level in Russia with more than 500,000 Russians using the iPhone few of which are the biggest names from Russia including the country’s new President Dmitry Medvedev and the Minister for Regional Development Dmitry Kozak. The highest level individuals of the country are also amazingly using the iPhone illegally, with no heed, that’s what you call a corruption prone country even whilst speaking of gadgets.
Source: Gearlog