And where are they supposed to get all the towers? That's a multi-year construction project and, if they try it, they'll alienate their existing carrier partners.
Now maybe Apple thinks they can afford to do that, but it seems risky.
Now maybe Apple thinks they can afford to do that, but it seems risky.
This would prevent the MVNO situation where you're still dependent on one of the large carriers for the connection, and ultimately at their whims.
http://www.quora.com/Does-each-wireless-carrier-own-their-ow...
I don't see Apple doing something like this if they can't do it globally. In other words, I would file this under "highly unlikely".
They aren't.
> Bluestein said while speaking at the Informa MVNO Industry Summit in Barcelona.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_virtual_network_operator