The arrangement between Apple and AT&T was groundbreaking at a time when carriers tightly controlled the appearance and function of their phones, and put Silicon Valley companies like Apple and Google in the wireless industry’s driver’s seat.”
While Apple feels it has had tremendous success through its exclusive relationship with AT&T, it recognized that it needs to partner with other carriers i.e. Verizon to grow sales faster in the US.”
Verizon has partnered with HTC and Motorola over the last year to promote Android phones in a hedge bet against BlackBerry’s inability to deliver a worth competitor to the iPhone. However, the carrier has since seen a drop in Android interest with the arrival of iPhone 4.
But AT&T isn't going away, the test will be if Verizon network is large enough to handle all the new iPhones and then will see if AT&T's GSM-based network is faster than Verizon's legacy technology.
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