‘WSJ’: Apple, AT&T in talks to extend exclusive iPhone contract into 2011
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Apr 15, 2009 at 5:17am
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is allegedly involved in discussions with Apple to extend the carrier’s exclusive iPhone contract into 2011, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing “unnamed sources.” The current deal is said to expire at the close of 2010.
“Keeping the iPhone away from rivals and finding the next hit devices, such as smart phones and multimedia handheld tablets, are among the challenges the 48-year-old CEO faces as he shifts AT&T’s energy away from the crumbling U.S. landline phone business and into the wireless market, where technologies evolve quickly and hit products don’t last long,” the article adds. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment, only adding, “We have a great relationship with AT&T.”
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