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T-Mobile USA : We would love to carry the iPhone but not by any cost

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Although T-Mobile USA is the only major US network not offering Apple’s iPhone, and is seen to be weaker for the lack of it, the company wont follow Sprint Nextel into offering generous sales commitments to get their hands on the smartphone.

“Make no mistake about it: We would love to carry the iPhone,” T-Mobile COO Jim Alling told Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecoms Conference. “However, we want the economies to be right for us.”

T-Mobile USA is currently securing permission to buy smaller rival MetroPCS, and the comments will reassure investors that the company wont try to jump into the Apple camp at any price.

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