All you Brits can rejoice now. At this morning’s “Mum is no longer the word” event in London, Apple announced that O2 will be selling the 8GB iPhone starting November 9. Price, including VAT, comes out to £269. An unlimited data package will come standard with the offered £35 (200 free minutes, 200 free SMS), £45 (600 free minutes, 500 free SMS) and £55 (1,200 free minutes, 500 free SMS) plans.

Further, Carphone Warehouse will indeed be joining the party, tasked with increasing the iPhone’s availability past O2’s standalone capability. Since only 30 percent of the UK will have EDGE coverage by the time the iPhone is available, O2 users will get free WiFi at the 7,500-odd Cloud hotspots. No word on whether or not O2 is really giving 40 percent of plan revenue to Apple in exchange for exclusivity, but you didn’t think they’d tell, did you?

[via engadget]