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Court documents confirm Apple/AT&T exclusive five year deal, questions surface over contract renegotiations

With additional chatter surrounding the idea of Apple extending the iPhone to Verizon this year, the exact specifics of Apple’s five-year exclusive contract with AT&T have never really been published. Fortunately, the cool cats at Engadget managed to uncover the following: An ongoing California class-action lawsuit filed in 2007 claims that Apple and AT&T illegally […]

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Rumor: AT&T Exclusive iPhone Deal Could End Wednesday

AT&T’s exclusive contract with the iPhone (read: license to essentially print money) could end on Wednesday. Per Electronista, a purported contact within the carrier says exclusivity should end along with the January 27th date. The tipster doesn’t say who would join AT&T in supporting the iPhone, albeit Verizon has often been cited as the most […]

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AT&T Pushing for Exclusive iPhone Rights Through 2011

After three years of holding exclusive rights to the iPhone, AT&T is looking to take one more shot at an exclusive deal for the Apple handset and may keep it away from competitors until 2011. According to the Wall Street Journal, “people familiar with the matter” have stated that AT&T has a deal to keep […]