April 21, 2010

Episode 38
April 21, 2010

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As AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) reported first-quarter results today, CFO Rick Lindner didn’t quite reveal AT&T’s current thinking on moving to a more tiered pricing scheme.

He certainly leaned in that direction, though, laying out the industry’s arguments in favor of tiered pricing for mobile data usage and listing several factors that could eventually force mobile operators to change how they charge customers.

“In wireless, you’re dealing with some real limitations, from a technology standpoint and spectrum standpoint, on capacity,” Lindner said on this morning’s conference call with analysts. “When you look at the customer base, even customers using similar devices, there’s a huge disparity in the amount of data they use and the amount of capacity they consume.

“[All that] will influence how, in the future, mobile pricing will develop,” he said. “It will, I suspect, evolve… as applications and devices continue to evolve and data traffic continues to grow.”

But while Lindner’s comments suggest AT&T is mulling mobile data pricing strategies, the operator is keeping tight-lipped on any plans it may have

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One quick app comment – CrazyRemote on sale for $2.99

I guess Gray Powel didn’t listen to episode 34 “Dude, Where’s My iPhone?!”

Shocking new look? Two cameras with flash (what is dual flash anyway?), nifty side buttons.

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