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Telecommunications Apple iPhone launch 'imminent' says US research firm
Telecommunications Apple iPhone launch 'imminent' says US research firm | Apple iPhone launch 'imminent' says US research firm |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Sunday, 02 April 2006 | |
  
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It's a wireless world, but not for Apple
US market research company, Visiongain, is tipping Apple to launch its much-rumoured iPhone mobile phone to co-incide with the launch of Helios, a US mobile virtual network operator with which it has close ties. Helio is a partnership between US ISP, Earthlink and Korean telco, SK Telecom, in which the two are estimated to have invested $US440milion. According to Visiongain, Helio CFO, Todd Tappin has said that Helio plans to sign about three million customers and generate more than $US2 billion in revenue by 2009. He also said that Helio would subsidise its handsets, and that its target demographic was both willing and able to pay for high-end phones. "The iPhone will most likely be produced in South Korea by an existing handset maker, and made available exclusively through Helio," Duffey predicted, adding "the iPhone will likely be as disruptive to the existing carrier market as the iPod was to the mobile music industry. When the iPhone adds VoIP capability, it will be even more disruptive to carriers." |
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