Today, news.yahoo.com says (in Apple, Orange drop exclusive iPhone sales: regulator) The US computer group Apple and French mobile-telephone operator Orange are abandoning an exclusive sales deal for the iPhone in France, the French competition authority said on Tuesday.

And Ubergizmo says (in Orange prepares for iPhone launch in the UK) Looking forward to picking up the iPhone 3GS in the UK from Orange? You can do so from November 10th onwards, where Orange's prices will be nearly similar to that of O2, although Orange UK CEO Tom Alexander did mention that the company will try other avenues instead of the traditional price...

Yesterday, sam mcloughln from palmaddict.typepad.com says (in Orange reveals UK date for iPhone) For my UK readers, iPhone 3G and 3GS handsets will be available to Orange customers from 10 November, marking the end of a two- year exclusive deal with operator O2. "Orange said it would offer the handset to pay as you go, pay monthly and business customers. Customers taking out 24 month cont...