http://smstextnews.disqus.com/Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanaticsenThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:56:32 -0000http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/end_of_revenue_sharing_for_apple_and_3g_iphone.html#comment-643884<p>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.</p><p>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 ;-)</p>TerenceEdenThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:56:32 -0000http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/end_of_revenue_sharing_for_apple_and_3g_iphone.html#comment-639109<p>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.</p><p>At the end of the day, the revenue share tied Apple to O2 and AT&amp;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. </p>AJWed, 11 Jun 2008 14:46:15 -0000