UK Wireless provider Orange issued a statement today stating that the carrier will begin offering the iPhone in the UK and related territories.

This effectively ends the exclusivity agreement that O2 has held for awhile now on the iPhone.
Part of the statement is here from the site:
“Orange, which has the largest 3G network covering more people [...]

Multiple sources are reporting that that T-Mobile UK is in talks with Apple to bring the iPhone 3G – last year’s model – to its mobile service, taking away the phone’s exclusivity from competing carrier O2.

Reports from Register Hardware and guardian.co.uk suggest the appearance of the iPhone 3G on the British T-Mobile network could happen [...]

O2 the exclusive carrier in the UK have sold out of all iPhone 3GS models both online and in store.
From O2’s website:

iPhone 3GS is currently out of stock:
Due to the phenomenal demand for the new iPhone 3GS, we’ve temporarily run out of stock online, over the phone and in our retail stores.
We expect additional stock [...]

Want to be the first to get a new iPhone 3G S? Well if you’re in the UK Carphone Warehouse are now accepting online pre-orders for delivery on the 19th June to your home. These are subject to availability so if you want to get one you might need to be quick

They have both the [...]

It appears that online retailer Play.com is now offering the British-buying public unlocked iPhones.

In a move that seems a little strange, Play.com has order pages live for both 8GB and 16GB models.
The 8GB model is offered in Play.com’s words as “Sim Free / Unlocked” and is up for grabs for £549.99 with free delivery. The [...]

Whilst not an official O2 release, the MMS Photo Messaging app makes sending and receiving MMS messages on your iPhone that much easier.

The app is brought to you by the same people who released the web based service O2mms.net (now iphonemms.net).
The advantages with the native app are:
View your already-retrieved MMS messages when you’re offline
Send [...]

Even though 2008 is still far from over, readers of Stuff magazine in the UK have already voted the second-generation iPhone as the Gadget of the Year. It also seems that as is they were not affected by the different glitches and issues faced by the 3G iPhone during the first few months after its [...]

Mobile Today, which tracks mobile trends and sales figures in the UK, is reporting that the 3G iPhone is selling very well. Specifically, retailers are averaging 27,000 phones sold per week, which is considered very strong numbers for that part of the world.

That’s good news for Apple, especially since the 3G launch went rather poorly [...]

O2 the UK’s sole provider of the Apple iPhone have now announced the release date for the iPhone 3G as September 16th.

Pay & Go customers can now enjoy the iPhone 3G without a monthly contract. The new iPhone 3G 8GB for Pay & Go will be available for £349.99 and the 16GB version for £399.99.
This [...]

O2 and the Carphonwarehouse now have stocks of the 16GB White iPhone. Up until now you could only buy the black version (that is if you were lucky enough to find one in stock).

Stock levels of iPhones in the UK are improving now with the Carphonewarehouse listing all stores with stock of the 8GB version [...]