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VZW vs AT&T = iPhone
Oct 29th
To Partner Or Not To Partner – Verizon CEO Throws Ball Into Apple’s Court
(The Wall Street Journal)
After ravishing the iPhone in the “Droid Does” ad campaign (video below) and also taking a direct swipe at iPhone’s carrier AT&T, Verizon now seems all ready to work with Cupertino in the future.
According to a statement by the CEO of Verizon Communications, Ivan Seidenberg, the ball is entirely in Apple’s court whether to decide if they would want to partner with Verizon or not.
Speaking during Verizon’s third quarter earnings call, Seidenberg said:
“We obviously would be interested at any point in the future they (Apple) thought it would make sense for them to have us as a partner. And so we will leave it with them on that score”.
Seidenberg also complimented Apple on the terrific success of the iPhone and hoped that the companies would engage in a partnership soon which could be mutually beneficial as both the companies can stand to reach out to newer customers.
The relationship between Apple and Verizon has been one of high speculation. While on one hand, we have ad campaigns such as “Droid Does” where Verizon claims the new Motorola Droid as a better smartphone than Apple’s iPhone, we also have speculative reports about Verizon and Apple working together on a 4G LTE iPhone that could be released next year.
Despite these contradicting pictures of the status of this relationship, Seidenberg’s call for a partnership makes good business sense; especially in the light of AT&T’s third quarter earnings report where 92% of carrier’s post-paid subscriber growth came just from the sale of iPhones. A partnership with the country’s largest wireless carrier which also boasts of a superior network quality will also help Apple reach out to a huge chunk of the population hitherto untouched.
With so much talk in the recent past about the Verizon-Apple partnership and the subsequent customer interest in moving to Verizon from AT&T, do you think an exodus of iPhone customers, known for their high bandwidth consumption, from AT&T to Verizon could expose Verizon’s claims of being a superior network?
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Verizon’s map for that commercial
Oct 24th
at&t iPhone exclusivity to end
Oct 24th
AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega strongly implied today that the carrier’s exclusive deal to sell the iPhone in the U.S. is ending, although he gave no details in a conference call with analysts.
Asked in a question-and-answer session what AT&T plans to do should the exclusive deal come to an end as has been rumored, de la Vega said the iPhone is a good source of new subscribers , but is only part of a smartphone portfolio that gives good results.
“We have a legacy of having a great portfolio…that will continue after the iPhone is no longer exclusive to us,” de la Vega said. “We think we will continue after the iPhone…to drive [results]….”
De la Vega said that while the iPhone has been a..