iPhone 3G to hurt the "No iPhone" Carriers

Jun 16 2008, 6:19am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The new iPhone 3G will go on sale on July 11th in 22 markets at rather competive pricing. UK and Germany will even see a free iPhone 3G. The new low price and the ever so high hype around the iPhone 3G is bad news for carriers that did not make a deal with Apple.

BusinessWeek has published an article on the impact the iPhone 3G will have on rivals.
To compete with AT&T carriers will most likely increase subsidies on their own smartphones, lower service prices and burn more money for marketing.
More details on BusinessWeek. More iPhone 3G News.

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