Mac Rumors is reporting via CanalMX who claims that comments made by an executive at the Mexican carrier ‘Telcel’ may suggest Apple is set to introduce new hardware for it’s iPhone 4 as soon as the end of this month.

When Jobs took to the stage in mid-July at Apple’s emergency “Antennagate” press conference, calling the issue an “industry-wide” issue, the company offered each and every iPhone 4 user a FREE case as compensation. Apple also stated that this offer would last until the end of this month, at which time it would “re-think” the situation.

According to an executive at Telcel, Apple is now prepping new iPhone 4 hardware.

According to Marco Quatorze, Telcel’s Director of Value Added Services, the iPhone 4 sold in Mexico will initially be the same hardware as that sold in the U.S. and elsewhere, with Apple offering a free case to address potential issues with antenna performance. But he also noted that as of September 30th, when the free case program expires, revised hardware without the reception issues will become available.

The veracity of Quatorze’s claim is unknown, as it is unclear whether a carrier executive at his level would even be privy to such information, and it is possible that he may simply be mistaken in his understanding of Apple’s September 30th expiration date for the free case program. At Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference last month, Steve Jobs noted that the free case program was launched with an initial expiration date of September 30th to provide the company with time to continue its investigation of the antenna issue and perhaps come up with a better solution for future customers.

[via Mac Rumors]