"John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
> 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".

And there is no real evidence of a "bidding war" either, is there?

Don