Comments on: End of revenue sharing for Apple and 3G iPhone http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/end_of_revenue_sharing_for_apple_and_3g_iphone.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/end_of_revenue_sharing_for_apple_and_3g_iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-245460 TerenceEden Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:56:32 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6805#comment-245460 Perhaps Apple don't need a slice of calls and texts if they're now making money selling software and access to MobileMe. Gives them an extra revenue stream and means they don;t need to be tied to an operator.<br><br>I'm surprised they haven't set up their own Visual Voicemail servers which customers could use even if they're not on the preferred network. Perhaps they'll buy SpinVox ;-) Perhaps Apple don't need a slice of calls and texts if they're now making money selling software and access to MobileMe. Gives them an extra revenue stream and means they don;t need to be tied to an operator.

I'm surprised they haven't set up their own Visual Voicemail servers which customers could use even if they're not on the preferred network. Perhaps they'll buy SpinVox ;-)

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/end_of_revenue_sharing_for_apple_and_3g_iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-235034 TerenceEden Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:56:32 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6805#comment-235034 Perhaps Apple don't need a slice of calls and texts if they're now making money selling software and access to MobileMe. Gives them an extra revenue stream and means they don;t need to be tied to an operator.<br><br>I'm surprised they haven't set up their own Visual Voicemail servers which customers could use even if they're not on the preferred network. Perhaps they'll buy SpinVox ;-) Perhaps Apple don't need a slice of calls and texts if they're now making money selling software and access to MobileMe. Gives them an extra revenue stream and means they don;t need to be tied to an operator.

I'm surprised they haven't set up their own Visual Voicemail servers which customers could use even if they're not on the preferred network. Perhaps they'll buy SpinVox ;-)

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/end_of_revenue_sharing_for_apple_and_3g_iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-227348 TerenceEden Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:56:32 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6805#comment-227348 Perhaps Apple don't need a slice of calls and texts if they're now making money selling software and access to MobileMe. Gives them an extra revenue stream and means they don;t need to be tied to an operator.<br><br>I'm surprised they haven't set up their own Visual Voicemail servers which customers could use even if they're not on the preferred network. Perhaps they'll buy SpinVox ;-) Perhaps Apple don't need a slice of calls and texts if they're now making money selling software and access to MobileMe. Gives them an extra revenue stream and means they don;t need to be tied to an operator.

I'm surprised they haven't set up their own Visual Voicemail servers which customers could use even if they're not on the preferred network. Perhaps they'll buy SpinVox ;-)

]]> By: AJ http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/end_of_revenue_sharing_for_apple_and_3g_iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-227347 AJ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:46:15 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6805#comment-227347 The end of the revenue share agreement is being seen as a big victory for the mobile operators but I disagree. I can't believe a company as canny as Apple gave up a revenue share without major concessions being made by the other side and I wonder whether the "exclusivity" clause is really as rock solid as it seemed a year ago. <br><br>At the end of the day, the revenue share tied Apple to O2 and AT&T and now that it might have gone why on earth would Apple continue to promise exclusivity for ever more. I think this one might slip sooner than some people think. The end of the revenue share agreement is being seen as a big victory for the mobile operators but I disagree. I can't believe a company as canny as Apple gave up a revenue share without major concessions being made by the other side and I wonder whether the “exclusivity” clause is really as rock solid as it seemed a year ago.

At the end of the day, the revenue share tied Apple to O2 and AT&T and now that it might have gone why on earth would Apple continue to promise exclusivity for ever more. I think this one might slip sooner than some people think.

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