In a new report filed Thursday, iSuppli Corp. predicts that Apple will extend its exclusive deal with AT&T next year, based on anticipated growth of High Speed Packet Access technology being adopted by the wireless carrier. The report states that HSPA subscribers are projected to hit 1.4 billion in 2012, while competing standard EVDO, used by Verizon, will have only 304.6 million users by 2013.
Spotted this at Apple Insider the other day, and have to say this is a rumor I hope is wrong.
As I ‘ve mentioned before, I ‘m perfectly happy with AT&T “ with the family plan my wife and I use, and with voice and data coverage nd signal in our area. But I think it would be good to see Apple go with multiple carriers in the US for two simple and much talked about reasons: a bit of competition in this area should keep the carriers a little more on their toes and help us as consumers; and also given the heavy strain that iPhone users place on data networks, having more than one network to divide the burden also seems like it should be a good thing.
Oh well “ I ‘m sure we ‘ll be treated to lots more rumors on this subject before Apple plays their final hand.
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