A new article popped up today.

David Manners (Electronic Weekly’s ) writes about a meeting he had with Luigi Licciardi, the executive vice president for technology and operations at Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM).

Licciardi confirms what everyone essentially knows: that TIM will be delivering a 3G version of the iPhone to Italy. Licciardi, however, actually gives us a solid timeframe for the launch:

“We will be selling an iPhone with 3G capability next month”, Luigi Licciardi, executive vice president for technology and operations at TIM told me yesterday evening on a bus taking us out into the desert for dinner following the first day of the International Electronics Forum 2008 in Dubai.

“Next month” conveniently coincides with Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), which takes place from June 9th to June 13th in San Francisco, CA.

� The iPhone officially arrives in Italy within a year, presumably in June.� It arrives with two more companions telephone operating in our country, Telecom Italia and Vodafone.� The ads have arrived this morning almost simultaneously, but without many details. Telecom - giving news of the signing of the agreement with the house of Cupertino - is known that the cult mobile home Apple arrive “within a year”; Vofadone announced that sell - always within the year - the iPhone in 10 countries throughout the world in Australia, czech republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.The British mobile operator also explains that the equipment that will distribute work on its network. » iPhone in Italy, is now official ..

Vodafone’s had some nice news this morning.
They’ve announced that they signed a deal Apple to sell the iPhone in ten markets, including Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy (so much for Telecom Italia), India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. Expect the phone later this year