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PDAStreet.com > News > Senate Panel Digs In on Wireless Exclusivity Deals Senate Panel Digs In on Wireless Exclusivity Deals
By Kenneth Corbin
WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel today heard two very different stories about the effect of exclusive arrangements between wireless carriers and device makers, like the one that makes Apple's iPhone available only to AT&T subscribers.
"Exclusive device deals lead to lower prices," Paul Roth, AT&T's president of retails sales and services, told members of the Commerce Committee. He referred to the "standard industry practice" of carriers subsidizing the cost of the device, an expense they recoup over the course of the obligatory two-year service agreement. Smaller carriers see it differently. Get the full story here at InternetNews.com.
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