Apple has signed France Télécom's wireless unit, Orange, to be their exclusive seller of the iPhone in France. For the first time Apple has agreed to sell a version of the iPhone that consumers can use on any network (unlocked). French law forbids bundling the sale of a mobile phone and a mobile operator hence this move has ended a month of speculation that had been going on. Orange plans to sell both a version of the iPhone locked to its network in France for €399, or $560, and an unlocked version, which will cost more and the package will be announced in November.

The iPhone will sell in Britain with O2, the wireless unit of Spain's Telefónica, and in Germany with T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom. The deal with Orange gives Apple an exclusive sales agent for it's the iPhone in Europe's three largest markets.
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