Michael York

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Verizon Limits Exculsivity Deals to Benefit Small Carriers

In a letter to Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam said today that it would let small wireless providers carry its exclusive handsets within six months and that any new exclusivity arrangement the company enters with handset makers will last no longer than six months – “for all manufacturers and all devices.”
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The App Store Turns 1, Celebrates 1.5 Billion Downloads

Moments ago, Apple celebrated the success of its infamous App Store via a press release congratulating the company and its community of iPhone users on the most successful mobile application distribution system in history. A single year after its launch, the App Store has tallied 1.5 billion application downloads to iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s around [...]

Why AT&T Will Do Just About Anything for the iPhone

It’s bound to make the headlines every couple of weeks: AT&T Mobility’s iPhone exclusivity. As the contract’s expiration nears, speculation ensues within the industry about other US cell carriers having the opportunity to host Apple’s “miraculous device.”
On the 19th of this month, the next, third generation iPhone was released to the world. Unlike it’s two [...]