Bosstalk: Apple has a 5 YEAR EXCLUSIVE agreement with at&t so the phone or any OTHER Apple phones won't be on any other US carriers any time soon.
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yes....5 YEARS
The terms of AT&T's corporate relationship with iPhone manufacturer Apple are slowly emerging, and fickle consumers notwithstanding, AT&T has reportedly inked a deal with Apple that gives the company the exclusive distribution rights to the red-hot handset for the next five years.
The distribution details were revealed in a USA Today article on Monday by Leslie Cauley, who also said that under the agreement, Apple is prohibited from developing a version of the iPhone that can work on CDMA wireless networks. Unlike Verizon and Sprint, which use CDMA networks, AT&T uses GSM wireless technology, which is incompatible with CDMA. In short, no GSM, no iPhone for at least five years