Verizon IPhone to Help Apple Boost Sales, Fight Google
This article is for subscribers only.
Verizon Wireless’s unveiling of its iPhone this week will shift the landscape in the wireless industry, helping Apple Inc. boost sales and vie for customers against Google Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd., analysts say.
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, will introduce its iPhone at an event in New York on Jan. 11, according to a person familiar with the plans who could not be identified because the news isn’t yet public. The company will begin selling the device later in the month, the person said.