“But where was Verizon? I thought it would be both carriers,” Morris reports. “As I reported before the event, Verizon appeared to be on board and was even working out the final details of the partnership.”
“According to sources at Verizon, the company is more interested in the lucrative iPhone contracts,” Morris reports. “But the two companies are still ‘very much talking and plan to bring an iPhone and an iPad’ to the CDMA network this year, following the expiration of AT&T’s exclusive agreement with Apple,” Morris reports.
Morris reports, “Of course ‘still talking’ doesn’t mean anything. It would be ridiculous to think these companies aren’t still talking: that’s what big companies do. To be fair, these talks are very much in keeping with reports from Wall Street analysts who expect some Apple/Verizon partnership announcement this year. But I’ll believe it when I see it.”
“According to my sources, AT&T was able to outbid every other GSM carrier with a $14.99 or $29.99 plan that gives customers 250MB or unlimited data, respectively,” Morris reports. “I must say I am impressed with AT&T’s iPad data pricing structure — and I wasn’t alone given the amount of applause during the Apple event. ‘I think the pricing speaks for itself,’ said AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel. ‘Apple sets the price for these plans and the $29.99 unlimited plan is comparable to our data plans for other devices.'”
Morris reports, “Comparable? Actually AT&T brought its A game, offering much cheaper options for consumers than currently exist for netbooks.”
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