Rumor Mill Update: Was Sprint Nextel Arranged by Apple?
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Motorola apparently has announced that it is the co-developer of the Apple branded cell phone. Also, they happen to call Nextel their biggest customer. So could it be that Apple actually drove Nextel into the arms of Sprint in order to provide the high-speed network for Apple's services? Afterall, Sprint is in a better position to get a high-speed network on-line sooner than Nextel. And there's no way that Nextel would sell to Verizon.
Of course, there are mumblings that Nextel might leave Sprint at the alter in favor of, perhaps, T-Mobile. But with T-Mobile stating that they are not in a position to provide such a network for at least 2 more years (while Sprint is set to begin construction in 2005), it looks like Sprint and Nextel will make it through the ceremony. The real question is 'how will the relationship fair after taking Motorola and Apple on the honeymoon?'
posted by Russell @ 4:33 PM,
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