iPhone issues - 2% unactivated - nearly all stores sold out
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 2 percent of people who bought the keenly-awaited iPhone, launched on Friday by Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL - news), have been experiencing delays in activating their service, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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Telecommunications firm AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - news), the iPhone's exclusive carrier for two years, said it was working on fixing issues related to the delays.
AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel described the problems as partly technology related and partly process related.
"We're just looking at everything to get customers activated in a timely fashion," said Siegel. He added that the problems were diminishing.
Siegel said that the issues were partly caused by a high volumes o...
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Telecommunications firm AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - news), the iPhone's exclusive carrier for two years, said it was working on fixing issues related to the delays.
AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel described the problems as partly technology related and partly process related.
"We're just looking at everything to get customers activated in a timely fashion," said Siegel. He added that the problems were diminishing.
Siegel said that the issues were partly caused by a high volumes o...
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texaswireless said:
Telecommunications firm AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - news), the iPhone's exclusive carrier for two years, said it was working on fixing issues related to the delays.
AT&T only has the iPhone for 2 years? I thought they had it for 5 years for some reason...
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Considering the Apple and AT&T press releases are stated differently I would agree with you that it is possibly longer. I am not sure why this particular reporter has stated the "2 year" exclusivity.
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