Apple Denies Rumors of Plans to Launch MVNO Carrier Services

[powers74]

Really? Just because they denied it does not mean it's not happening.

Right? My first thought was 'so I wonder when they'll be announcing AppleWireless?'

Unless

Yes it does.

But if Apple says they're not entering an entirely new line of business and then they do, that would be securities fraud and someone would definitely be going to jail.

But who knows.

Apple would be buying a world of hurt.

Bag you mean?

 

[Dargoth]

Interesting.

So as they haven't denied developing a car, we can presume that they are.

And as they haven't denied recent reports stating that Apple Watch sales are looking awful, we can assume that they are disastrous.

It doesn't work that way. They had a reason to deny this rumor, which could have hurt them just by existing, true or not. The reasons have been covered by earlier posts. Your conclusion is rather far-fetched.

 

[tresmith]

Apple might as well buy a carrier they have way too much cash on hand and it's hurting their stock price.

And, I personally would like to see Apple buy a carrier cause I'm pretty sure the quality of service would get better.

 

[0000757]

Because those may be true, but they don't affect Apple. However big Apple is, they still need carrier support and carriers would balk if Apple decided to launch its own service.

They didn't when Google did.

Apple could launch their own network and I doubt the carriers would do anything (except possibly T-Mobile) because the iPhone is too important a device to remove off their networks.

 

[rkieru]

So you're saying the nearly 50 current MVNO's in the states should close up shop? Apologies if I'm misunderstanding you.

You are misunderstanding me - I am arguing that there is no benefit to APPLE to take the route of MVNO, not that the MVNO business model itself is not somehow profitable. But Apple would gain very little when you consider the costs of buying all the network time, building the internal systems for billing and managing everything, training all of the employees to handle customer service, marketing the new network to existing iPhone consumers, offering incentives to switch, etc.

The only benefit Apple would get in managing iPhones on a network they controlled is just that: control. And the deals they have with the various carriers that now carry the iPhone already give them quite a bit of control. There is simply no need, so I call bullocks on the whole thing.