Following CNet Australia’s report last week that Optus will begin sellling the iPhone in Australia come the end of June, an interesting press release on the Vodafone website mentions that they too will be selling the iPhone in Australia, as well as 9 other key markets.

Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network.

Both Optus and Vodafone have recently begun upgrading their 3G network in Australia in an effort to rival Telstra’s NextG offering. The two companies share their 3G network infrastructure by way of a network sharing agreement established in 2004.