When pressed further Key expanded slightly explaining "That's more of a question for Apple ... but over the coming weeks we will do a joint announcement with Apple as Telefonica Group". Given that Telefonia owns O2, Key was also forced to fend off suggestions O2 gave Apple too much for the exclusive UK rights to the famed handset when it agreed to an unprecedented revenue sharing business model pointing to the company's impressive Q1 results announced today.
But the agreement with Bharti is different than the agreement with Vodafone as Bharti has signed an ‘independent’ agreement that will allow it to sell iPhone handsets in India, the company said in a release. People will have to subscribe to a Vodafone connection if they want to use an iPhone in India.
Apple is abondaning it's exclusive locked deals selling style like with O2 in UK, T-Mobile in Germany, Orange in France and AT&T in US, as it faces low sales. Now it's started to sell iPhone unlocked and on rival networks in the same country as seen in Italy, Australia & now India.
The thing to watchout is weather Apple is brining it's new 3G iPhone or the old iPhone to India as by November the 3G iPhone will be out.
