On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:15:48 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:15:32 GMT, karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote in
><rf51s2pfc30hi28cvag5nc3g2cqoncbgpl@4ax.com>:
>
>>When Apple and Cingular are raking in the bucks next fall, and Verizon
>>decides it wants a piece of the action, what Verizon VP will get
>>canned because the 5 year Cingular USA exclusivity contract precludes
>>it?
>>
>>And Verizon blew it cause Apple offered it to them first.
>
>No real evidence of that. Verizon and Cingular were probably approached
>by Apple at the same time. That's a standard practice, commonly
>referred to as a "bidding war".


Try the very news articles you previously linked to. Jeez.