Apple Adding More iPhone Carriers in U.S. Within a Year? - iPhoneHeat

Apple Adding More iPhone Carriers in U.S. Within a Year?

As per AppleInsider report, a research note by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggests that Apple will make some changes in the upcoming year.

One of those predicted changes is that Apple will end its iPhone exclusivity through AT&T in US and will let other carriers to offer iPhone too.

For various reasons the company moved from an exclusive relationship with French wireless carrier Orange to a multi-carrier model,” Munster said. “In France, the company now enjoys dramatically higher market share (in the 40 percent range vs. about 15 percent in ROW) than in countries with exclusive carrier agreements (such as AT&T in the U.S. where the iPhone has market share in the mid-teens). We believe Apple is seeing the increased unit sell-through more than offset the slightly (~10 percent) deteriorated economics per unit involved in non-exclusive agreements.

AT&T is said to be working hard to keep its exclusivity through 2011; however, Munster believes Apple will announce new carriers in the summer of 2010 along with a new iPhone model.

Are you happy to see other carriers offering iPhone? Drop some lines in the comment.

via [AppleInsider]

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