What I believe is troubling the relationship between AT&T and Apple is the upcoming auction for 700-MHz wireless spectrum and AT&T’s discovery that — as I have predicted for weeks — Apple will be joining Google in bidding. AT&T thought its five-year “exclusive” iPhone agreement with Apple would have precluded such a bid, but that just shows how poorly Randall Stephenson understood Steve Jobs. Steve always hurts his friends to see how much they really love him, so AT&T probably should have expected this kind of corporate body blow” Robert Cringelyhttp://www.myitablet.com/3g-iphone-apparen...1.php#more-1821Cringely suggests that Apple may include 700MHz-band data cards in future MacBooks, ostensibly keeping their contract with AT&T separate and unchallenged, but simultaneously allowing VoIP over the new network to eventually stand as a competitor.
