Optus has announced that it will become the second mobile phone carrier in Australia to sell the iPhone.

The two-sentence press release confirms speculation that the Singapore-owned telco will sell the Apple iPhone, several days after a similar announcement from Vodafone.

It did not contain any dates or prices, saying more information would "be released at a later date".

The release also said the iPhone would be sold in Singapore (by SingTel), in India (Bharti Airtel) and the Philippines (Globe).

Nathan Burley, an analyst with telecommunications and IT consultancy company Ovum, said last week's announcement by Vodafone had strengthened rumours that Optus had also signed an agreement with Apple.

"When the Vodafone agreement happened we didn't think it was exclusive in Australia," he said.

Mr Burley added that while the iPhone may be sold unlocked, it will still tie consumers to one carrier.

"I don't expect it will be too different to what we see with a number of handset manufacturers today," he said.

"If you buy a handset on a contract you have a contract with that provider."

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected make an announcement about the iPhone at Apple's worldwide developer's conference on June 9 in San Francisco.

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