Verizon to Shorten Exclusivity Deals on Phones

Coming in the wake of accusations made by the government that phone exclusivity deals hurt competition, Verizon announced a change in its' exclusivity policy. Verizon will limit exclusivity to 6 months on all available handsets, as long as the carrier who wishes to offer that phone has less than 500,000 customers. This will allow small carriers to get a piece of the pie, while locking out rivals like AT&T and T-Mobile. Verizon is the first to announce a move along these lines, while AT&T is hoping to extend the exclusivity agreement it has with the iPhone. A deal that has grown its customer base by stealing customers away from other carriers.

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d3bruts1d on July 20, 2009 04:03AM Glad to see some change already starting... now if Apple would just dump AT&T and offer the iPhone on Verizon. reply to this

CheeseMan42 on July 21, 2009 02:03PM I just want an Android phone on Verizon by the time I finish college so I can switch from my Razr on Cingular that is going downhill. reply to this

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