Apple has announced a press conference in London scheduled for Tuesday, having sent invitations with its usual shrouded itinerary titled only, “mum is no longer the word”. Most speculate that this press conference is set to announce the launch of the iPhone and its carriers in Europe.

Apple has planned a European launch in the 4th quarter of this year for the iPhone with its sleek look and sought after multi-touch interface. Many analysts are speculating on the carriers for the iPhone to most likely be Spanish Telefonica’s O2 for the UK market, Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile for Germany and Orange for France. These carriers are also of course remaining tight-lipped about any related information regarding the iPhone launch while rumors swirl that they might not only be sharing data revenues with the iPod making giant, but may get a cut from the voice plans on the iPhone as well.

In the United States AT&T is the exclusive and only legitimate carrier for service to the Apple iPhone, but hackers have reportedly been successful at unlocking the iPhone more than 40 countries with over 90 different carriers. Apple has stated that they plan to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008 and have recently hit the 1 million mark earlier this month.

Reuters