Apple has announced to the developer community that the App Store will add 20 new countries to its market application distribution. As well as issues of universal procurement, the App Store welcomes countries such as Serbia, Iraq or the Maldives.
The goal: Worldwide Goods Store
App Store is now available in 155 countries and regions around the world. With the addition of 20 new participants, it will be much closer to covering 206 countries of the world (according to the UN).
The arrival of the App Store in new fields is undoubtedly the cause of the celebration of the world where, as Steve Jobs once said, "There is an app for that" which we will translate as "There is an app for that". Apple presents the news with the following conditions:
Thanks to the innovations and innovations of developers like you, the App Store has become one of the safest markets in the world. It has become a viable platform with great apps that influence culture and change lives, with over 500 million visitors every week. This powerful platform has helped generate more than $ 155 billion in developer revenue, from app sales and in-app purchases.
Today, the App Store gives you the opportunity to interact with users from 155 countries or regions. We are pleased to announce that the App Store will expand again this year with future support in 20 new countries, allowing you to maximize impact and grow your business in new markets.
As Apple points out in its statement, developers should bookmark, probably before April 10, an option New countries and regions section Price and availability development program for apps arrive in the new countries ready for launch.
According to new developer agreement, a complete list of countries that will start enjoying the App Store is made up of Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d & # 39; Ivoire, Gabon, Georgia, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, the Maldives, and Morenegro, Myanmar, Nauru , Russia, Serbia, Tonga, Vanuatu and Zambia.
Without question it is an important step in the ecosystem of applications that, as Apple points out, influences culture and transforms lives.