Does itunes 10.7 support ios 6.1.6

This:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/18/reminder-apples-ios-6-arrives-tomorrow-heres-wh at-you-need-to-know/

includes:

You’ll need iTunes 10.7. Apple put out the 10.7 update for iTunes a full week ahead of the iOS 6 launch date to try and lessen the blow to its servers at launch and to make sure users have plenty of time to get prepared. If you’ve waited this long, don’t worry; I just updated myself. But it is a good idea to get it done now so you don’t need to worry about it tomorrow, unless you never connect your iTunes anyway, in which case you should be fine.

I'm trying to update to ios 6.1.6 on iTunes 10.7, it's telling me I need to "upgrade" to iTunes 11, which I won't do. Presume if I were to update the iOS on the iPod, I would lose the ability to sync with iTunes 10.7, so no updates for me.

Infuriating how much Apple doesn't "get" how the features in iTunes 10 that were taken away for 11 might upset a power user.

Yes. Are you asking because you have a Mac with OSX 10.5.8?

No. You need iTunes 11.x.x.

Yes, iTune 10.7 or later supports iOS 6. For iOS 7 you would need 11.1 or later.