Sprint CEO: Exclusive Contracts Important for Wireless

Innovation comes from more than just technological advances. It also comes from business practices, pricing and ingenuity for changing a standard in what we are used to. But it is most importantly also brought on by consumers needs or wants. It is human nature to evolve. If a business or manufacturer does not make a discovery of innovation, an individual will. It is the law of physics. Having exclusivity rights has certain advantages, but the retentive drawbacks overtake the these advantages. I say exclusivity stalls the competitive angle. If you have something nobody else has, why change? This is not innovation.

A great example of this, is the iphone. Here is a device that innovated a new interface and design that no one has seen before ...
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I think exclusive contracts give something for each carrier wants, but in my opinion, it does help consumers. It forces innovation from the manufacturers. Samsung, LG, Motorola, and other companies make handsets that the US specifically request. If I want my carrier to have something like the Blackberry Bold only I want it to do this instead of that or this on top of that, then I go to RIM and get them to make it work.

Still, I don't think it should be an indefinite thing. At some point, I think manufacturers should have the ability to venture off to other carriers with the same design or at least slightly modified...

I've only gotten into wireless within the past three years, but I feel like (broken record) that certain phones like t...
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