blogs.barrons.com - 6/1/2009
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(AAPL) has a big decision to make: whether or not to extend its exclusive relationship with AT&T (T) for U.S. distribution of the iPhone. (The current deal reportedly expires sometime in 2010.) Verizon (VZ) would certainly like to get its hand on the iPhone (and so would Sprint (S) and T-Mobile ...
att.com - 5/27/2009
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att.com —
Near-Doubling Radio Frequency Capacity. In 2008 and 2009
to date, high-quality 850 MHz spectrum has been deployed...
in more than half of AT&T’s 3G network footprint to improve overall coverage and in-building reception, with additional markets planned ...
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AT&T to Deliver 3G Mobile Broadband Speed Boost
d7.allthingsd.com - 5/27/2009
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d7.allthingsd.com —
After some brief introductory remarks from Wall Street
Journal Managing Editor Robert Thomson, who jokes about implementing...
an 18-second delay for expletive-fond Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, and a welcome song from Jill Sobule, Walt welcomes Randall ...
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D7: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson | John Paczkowski | D7 ...
boygeniusreport.com - 6/8/2009
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boygeniusreport.com —
Yes, yes, the much rumored $99 iPhone finally
came to light . But what about those 16...
giggers? One of our AT&T ninjas just hit us up to let us know that the iPhone 3G 16GB model is available for $149 on a 2 year agreement on AT&T. Since Apple seems ...
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iPhone 3G 16GB to sell for $149 with a 2 year contract
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Analysts: Apple-Verizon pact could double iPhone sales
MacDailyNews —
... for AT , the iPhone provides both a customer acquisition tool and a customer retention tool. A non-exclusive deal, they say, would reduce the value of the phone to AT and likely result in a reduction in the subsidy per phone from an estimated $450 to around $250-$350," Savitz reports. "They add that the fact that Verizon operates on the CDMA standard is not a major technical barrier, and that the issue will become less relevant in the years ago at VZ migrates to LTE." Full article here .
Analysts: Apple deal with Verizon could double iPhone sales
Macsimum News —
... If Apple ended its exclusive relationship with AT&T for U.S. distribution of the iPhone and made a deal with Verizon, the company might take a hit on margins but would dramatically increase units sales, according to Bernstein Research analysts Craig Moffett and Toni Sacconaghi (according to a Barron’s report). ...
iPhone Sales Could Double With Verizon Deal
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Apple (AAPL) could boost iPhone sales by "at least 100% in units" by selling the phone at Verizon (VZ), Bernstein analysts Craig Moffett and Toni Sacconaghi argued today, in a report summarized by Barron's. ...
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As you undoubtedly know, Apple announced an updated iPhone 3G S today during a painfully long WWDC keynote. Since the US is one of six countries that will be the first to get access to the new hardware on June 19, AT&T also made an ...
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AAA has introduced a free iPhone app called AAA Discounts — downloaded nearly 200,000 times since launch — that uses GPS technology to instantly identify nearby businesses offering deals for AAA members. Writes Fritz Faerber (www.usatoday.com): “If ...