Verizon to Open Access to Apps and Devices Next Year
What's Verizon's goal in doing this?
Lawsuit prevention - especially with a high profile company like Apple due to them locking the iphone. Although Apple may win the suit, they have to divert a lot of resources into winning it, a lot of resources that can be rediverted to more profit-driven business sectors. So rather than waiting around for VZW's turn for a lawsuit, they simply want to prevent it completely.
Decrease expenses - VZW loses money when selling phones at subsidized prices and rely on contracts to make up for it. VZW would love to sell just service and tack on 1yr-2yr contracts on phones they did not lose any money on (sell at subsidized prices). I am pretty sure other sales reps can attest to this - we love new activations that bringing previo...
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