Comments on: AT&T’s HSPA Upgrade Might Cement Future iPhone Exclusivity http://gigaom.com/mobile/atts-hspa-upgrade-might-cement-future-iphone-exclusivity/ Sun, 27 May 2012 04:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Eller http://gigaom.com/mobile/atts-hspa-upgrade-might-cement-future-iphone-exclusivity/#comment-418971 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:37:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36488#comment-418971 Apple wants to own the living room and needs to distribute its handsets as widespread as possible. Apple needed exclusivity until they reach/reached a certain profitability run rate that would allow mass adoption of the handset but it wont last forever. On the flip side, AT&T’s Cap Ex per sub has been lower than all of the other major vendors as it stopped investing in the network to maintain profitability. It seems like this was the ante to maintain exclusivity rather than the winning card that would ensure it.

]]> By: gmazin http://gigaom.com/mobile/atts-hspa-upgrade-might-cement-future-iphone-exclusivity/#comment-418970 Wed, 27 May 2009 19:22:34 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36488#comment-418970 It’s probably going to become a multi-carrier phone as soon as 4G is out and established

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/atts-hspa-upgrade-might-cement-future-iphone-exclusivity/#comment-418969 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:52:34 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36488#comment-418969 Additional network coverage won’t come from the upgraded speeds, but it will from the 2,100 new cell towers they announced.

]]> By: Shawn Roberts http://gigaom.com/mobile/atts-hspa-upgrade-might-cement-future-iphone-exclusivity/#comment-418968 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:23:15 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36488#comment-418968 If Apple doesn’t put the software for the upgraded network in the phone, then it has a reason for people to buy new iPhones next year.

Problems with the ATT are well-documented. Does the upgraded speed of the network mean better network coverage? I hope the answer is yes but I am afraid the answer is no.

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