Analyst: AT&T's Exclusive iPhone Contract Could End Next Summer
Brandweekreports that Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is predicting that AT&T will lose its exclusive deal with Apple's iPhone next summer.
Rumors that Apple's iPhone may soon shutter its exclusive deal with AT&T just got some expert support. Gene Munster, a senior analyst for Piper Jaffray, stated in a recent investors report that the company predicts Apple could open its iPhone product to additional U.S. carriers sometime next summer.
In the report, Munster mentioned how Apple gained in market share when it switched from an exclusivity model with French carrier Orange to a multi-carrier model, and that this could propel the decision.
It may not happen that quickly. CNET notes that there are also rumors AT&T already has or is negotiating with Apple to get its exclusivity contract extending until 2011.
In an interview here on Fortune's Brainstorm Tech blog, Gene Munster also talks about Apple possibly launched a $30 - $40 tv subscription fee on iTunes that could compete with cable.
Brandweek 
