Apple, Verizon and AT&T: Who’s Playing Whom?

April 29, 2009 · Print This Article


The buzz in the market by the past few days has been about whether or not Verizon will eat AT&T’s lunch in regard to the iPhone. Apple is reported to be talking to Verizon about allowing it to carry an Apple-made phone in the U.S. That could spell the end of AT&T’s exclusive dibs

on the iPhone when its Apple deal expires, possibly next year. Verizon could be in a strong negotiating position — competitors to the iPhone will hit the market next year, and Apple could cloud their buzz and grow its wireless device business whether it expanded to a second U.S. carrier.

[Source] Richard Adhikari

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