3G iPhone Worldwide

Apple has announced that the new 3G iPhones will be marketed worldwide. The first generation iPhone was officially released only in the US, UK and France. Even then, Apple became one of the top 10 mobile phone manufacturers for 2007 with a 0.6% market share, so commentators expect world-wide sales of the new 3G iPhone to be stratospheric.
Both Orange and Vodaphone have recently announced deals with Apple to release the iPhone in a number of countries, and it is hoped that the competition may bring prices down. In some countries, Egypt for instance, multiple companies will be carrying the 3G iPhone, which will inevitably lead to better value packages.
Unfortunately, there seems to be no indication that there will be a similar deal in the UK.