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AT&T this week announced two new international data plans (covering 67 countries) for iPhone 3G users. A 100 MB per month plan costs an additional $119.99 a month, while a 200 MB plan costs $199.99 a month. Most importantly, the plans don't require any long-term commitments, so they can be added and removed to existing plans as needed.

"Although AT&T's two expanded data plans offer the discounted data roaming package in 67 countries, such as China, India, Israel, and the United Kingdom, the rate outside of these areas is higher," notes CNET News' Dawn Kawamoto. "A 1 cent per KB rate is charged for areas outside the 67 countries, but a higher rate of nearly 2 cents, or 0.0195, per KB applies in 20 countries such as Bolivia, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,Turkey, and Venezuela."

"100 MB of data still won't exactly let you browse YouTube at will, so AT&T recommends using Wi-Fi where possible and turning of automatic e-mail checks and such," notes Ars Technica's Justin Berka. "But hey, at least if you ever visit the Turks and Caicos with your iPhone in tow, you'll be able to do a bit of browsing on the beach."

More here from the New York Times ... more here from iPhone Atlas ... more here from The Register ... more here from InformationWeek ... and the press release is here.