| John Navas 2008-01-22, 3:33 pm |
| On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:39:04 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in < 47960d7b$0$84175$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:
>DTC wrote:
>
>Verizon had no interest in Apple's plan for revenue sharing of monthly
>fees, while Apple felt that the added upside in new customers that the
>iPhone would bring the carrier entitled them to part of the revenue.
>
>Both had strong bargaining positions, Verizon as the premier carrier in
>the U.S. in terms of quality, with the largest base of retail
>subscribers, and Apple with its consumer electronics marketing
>expertise. Reportedly Verizon did offer a compromise where they would
>revenue share on new subscribers but not current subscribers that
>switched to the iPhone, but that wasn't sufficient for Apple so they
>went to their second choice.
Still the Verizon apologist. In fact AT&T had the strongest position,
with the most customers of any U.S. carrier, and technology common to
most of the rest of the world. Verizon simply lost the beauty contest,
and then tried desperately to explain that away.
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Best regards, FAQ FOR AT&T (CINGULAR) WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/AT&T_Wireless_FAQ>
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