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iPhone and Cingular rebranding

sangyup81

Jan 14, 2007, 10:29 AM
It won't affect VZW. BUT it WILL affect Sprint and T-Mobile. Anyone else smelling a Wireless Industry Duopoly coming?
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mycool

Jan 14, 2007, 10:36 AM
That would just be... bad. The more carriers and competition we have, the better for the consumers. If it gets down to only 2 major carriers to choose from, it would be very very bad for everyone.
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wombough

Jan 14, 2007, 10:56 AM
it would be bad but I really only see 2 carriers in maybe the next 10 yrs.
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SprintLynchburg_VA

Jan 14, 2007, 3:29 PM
wombough said:
it would be bad but I really only see 2 carriers in maybe the next 10 yrs.


I think that is a poor assumption. Competition will still flourish, the fcc would have a serious problem with that.
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LordObento

Jan 15, 2007, 12:26 AM
Once a company has %51 of the market it is a Monopoly and would need the be split up. If it was only Cingular and VZW left for carriers, there is no way that the market would be 50/50 even. T-mob and Sprint will need to be around, even if it's just prepaid and MVNO.
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