According to Apple agreed to allow Telecom Italia Mobile sells an iPhone entsperrten without a requirement of two years of the contract.

Franco Bernabé, CEO of TIM, apparently to convince Steve Jobs of Apple CEO for failure to comply with the usual Apple, the business model with an exclusive carrier to sell a Mac with a two-year service contract, and share Apple revenues. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported.

Instead, the TIM offer 3G Apple iPhone next scheduled by analysts, later in the year, without a service contract required, a milestone, you will probably be more on the Italians, who are among the most major users of prepaid plans. In addition, the phone is released, ie it can be with other operators.

TIM, however, the exclusive rights to sell Macs for the first six months after its publication, the newspaper said. As a compromise, the iPhone in Italy is higher than in other countries.

Carrier in Europe have recently ânerie iPhone prices, heating speculation that the service provider trying to stocks lag in the preparation for a faster 3G iPhone, which some analysts have said the ship should be in June.