Well one of the biggest mobile phone carriers here in the states have decided to let others play in mobile phone game. Big Red is reducing it’s exclusivity rights to 6 months. At one point carriers such as Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint had 2 year exclusivty rights. This is good for manufacturers and smaller companies especially new into the market Metro PCS. Now if only AT&T will release the choke hold that it has on the damn Iphones. Tmobile likes to have Apple as a friend here in the states and not just across the waters. For more on the exclusivity downgrade read here.
Thank You Phone Scoop:
“Today Verizon Wireless informed government agencies that it will shorten the period of time that it is the exclusive seller of certain handsets. Verizon said that it will restructure its agreements with handset makers, and will allow smaller, regional carriers with less than 500,000 customers the opportunity to sell handsets after an exclusive period of six months. Smaller carriers have petitioned the government to look into the exclusivity contracts, and say they give the larger carriers a competitive advantage over smaller carriers. The federal government is currently reviewing the practice.”
