DISQUS

AJ · 1 year ago

The end of the revenue share agreement is being seen as a big victory for the mobile operators but I disagree. I can't believe a company as canny as Apple gave up a revenue share without major concessions being made by the other side and I wonder whether the "exclusivity" clause is really as rock solid as it seemed a year ago.

At the end of the day, the revenue share tied Apple to O2 and AT&T and now that it might have gone why on earth would Apple continue to promise exclusivity for ever more. I think this one might slip sooner than some people think.
TerenceEden · 1 year ago

Perhaps Apple don't need a slice of calls and texts if they're now making money selling software and access to MobileMe. Gives them an extra revenue stream and means they don;t need to be tied to an operator.

I'm surprised they haven't set up their own Visual Voicemail servers which customers could use even if they're not on the preferred network. Perhaps they'll buy SpinVox ;-)