Last week I posted about the probability of South Africa getting the iPhone officially through Vodafone, as the majority shareholder in Vodacom. This was sparked by a rumor that India was to receive the Jesus phone later this year.

This morning Vodafone confirmed that it had signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to ten territories, including South Africa.

The other countries where the iPhone will be made available by Vodafone are Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand and Turkey.

Vodafone is not able to confirm release dates yet, but it seems likely that this date will be around quarter four of 2008, which means our first iPhone shipment will be of the 3G-enabled model.