UK iPhone

Apple’s contracts with the European networks may not be as finalised as previously thought. France Telecom’s Orange unit has contradicted recent press reports of a signed deal with Apple. Although the executive confirmed the talks, he warned that “any deal will be several weeks away”.

Of course this does not mean that O2’s deal for the UK market is similarly delayed, but since Apple will most likely want to announce a simultaneous launch date in all three markets, the report, if accurate, may mean an announcement is still some way off, and a launch date of late 2007 may be the best we can hope for.

Apple are believed to be aiming for a simultaneous launch in the three main Euro markets, namely the UK, France and Germany, in the same way that the iTunes Music Store was launched in 2004, with further rollouts to smaller Euro countries next year.

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