On the 14th of this month, Vodafone UK is to begin offering the iconic iPhone through their direct channels, and now Vodafone UK has confirmed 20 indirect retail partners to offer the iPhone as well, reports an article over on mobilenewscwp.

These 20 Vodafone partners are ten ‘premier partners’ which connect customers directly with Vodafone UK, and ten ‘gold partners,” that will go via Vodafone subsidiary Yes Telecom.

Vodafone’s premier partners are…Garnell Corporate Comms in London; CBS Comms Centre in Cambridge; CCS Mobile in Newcastle; Cellular Solutions & Services in Brighton; Premier Telecom in Fareham; Grapevine in Poole and Bath; Excaliber Communications in Swindon; Totel in Derby; The Word Direct in Cardiff and The General Telephone Co in Salisbury, Bath and Yovil.

The ten gold partners via Yes Telecom are…Premier Mobile in London; Olive in London; Totility in Croydon; Redsquid in Borehamwood; Sprint Communications in Basildon; Wish Communications in Northampton; Pure Mobile in Northampton; Active Telecom in Northumberland; Fone Solutions in Newcastle; and JHL Communications in Glasgow.

Alex Windle, head of indirect marketing for Vodafone UK has said that Vodafone is the first to launch the iPhone via all sales channels at once; our dealer partners are essential to our strategy in this sector.