Wednesday
May272009
AT&T Chief Executive to Palm Pre: I'm Lovin' It!
Tony Peric
AT&T's Chief Executive Randall Stephenson stated that he would welcome the Palm Pre into their handset line up once the exclusive deal is over with Sprint. Although Sprint currently has the lead on WiMax development and deployment, it looks as though AT&T may ditch HSPA+ 7.2Mbps and "likely" move straight into LTE with trial runs in 2010 and then start the full roll out of insane speeds in 2011.
"Stephenson added he sees AT&T selling the Pre after the exclusive arrangement with Sprint expires, and that the recession's biggest impact has been on the company's landline phone business."
Read the full story by CNN here.
Reader Comments (4)
Not going to happen, it should not take too much thought and understanding to figure why.
Forgot to mention, AT&T was bashing the Pre several weeks ago, now it's "alleged" they might want to bring it onto their crappy network? I smell FUD!
AT&T may have to switch their data plans: "Pricing models will change over time, depending on how much data customers use, he said. There's a 'variable cost' for wireless data, as opposed to fixed wired data, and that will be reflected in pricing.
In other words, a $20 or $30 monthly unlimited data plan may be a thing of the past."
See story here: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/05/att_chief_fores.html;jsessionid=MCCMM14RJOIB2QSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN
Obviously, talks between AT&T and Apple are not going well. Plus, there have been rumors of the iPhone going to Verizon, if so, AT&T will lose a huge new customer base.