Don Udel (ETC) wrote:
> "John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
> news:gjc1s2lbnvq8ip2bivvj8bj1pqtth0ohcp@4ax.com...
>> 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?

All the evidence is that things occurred as the news reports state.
Apple first approached Verizon, but could not reach an agreement, then
they approached Cingular.