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LONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Telecoms companies Vodafone and Telecom Italia will both sell Apple Inc’s iPhone in Italy, in an apparent break from previous exclusive carrier deals.

So far, Apple has struck exclusive deals with carriers to sell the phone, such as with AT&T in the United States, Telefonica’s O2 in Britain and Deutsche Telekom in Germany.

Neither Vodafone nor Telecom Italia provided many details.

“Telecom Italia announced today it has signed a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Italy later this year,” was all that the Italian group had to say on Tuesday.

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