O2 exclusivity

[acearchie]

I was reading the Telegraph (UK) this morning (yesterdays paper though 17/06/08) and an article in the business section was all about the iPhone and how it is set to reach its 30m target by 2010 or atleast that is what the paper suggests. However they do also mention that O2 will really have to start 'selling' the iPhone as it starts to near the end of its exclusivity contract with Apple.

Has anyone got any idea when this will end and therefore when the iPhone might be available on some other networks?

Thanks

 

[Neil321]

I'm not 100% certain and im probably wrong but i heard it's around 2012

 

[memesmith]

it WAS five years, when the deal was struck. But, the terms will gave changed now that the revenue sharing has fallen through. So it MAY not be so long now, and MIGHT depend on how many ipones O2 can sell.