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No, Apple Won't Become a Wireless Carrier (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the not-my-cup-of-tea dept.

Don Reisinger, reporting for Fortune: Apple won't be competing with its carrier partners anytime soon. Speaking at Startup Fest Europe in Amsterdam during an interview on Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook squashed rumors that his company is planning to eventually get into the cellular market to compete with the likes of AT&T and Verizon. "Our expertise doesn't extend to the network," Cook said. "We've worked with AT&T in the U.S., O2 in the U.K., as well as T-Mobile and Orange, and we expanded as we learned more. But generally, the things Apple likes to do, are things we can do globally. We don't have the network skill. We'll do some things along the way with e-SIMs along the way, but in general, I like the things carriers do."

2 of 33 comments (clear)

  1. Re:"We don't have the network skill" by halivar · · Score: 2

    Are you saying the phone calls I've been making on my iPhone are really just voices in my head?

  2. Re:"We don't have the network skill" by Plumpaquatsch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you saying the phone calls I've been making on my iPhone are really just voices in my head?

    Yes. Apple actually has telepathy enabling technology in their iPhones, that "phone" stuff is just a ruse.

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