It was just recently that we heard about the news regarding the possibility of Apple prepping a CDMA version of the iPhone for Verizon by 2011. The story which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal has since then updated with new information. The intial article on WSJ did not clearly say the CDMA iPhone was indeed arriving on the Verizon network. It has since then been changed to say that Verizon indeed is the network in question.

The updated article also states that Verizon is in talks with Apple regarding the upgradation of its network capacity to meet the possible surge in demand for the iPhone – for when it arrives on the network. AT&T, the current network on which the iPhone is currently sold has faced considerable flak from consumers when its networks couldn’t cope with the heavy traffic caused by iPhone users. The talks between the two have also veered on to services and Verizon has categorically told Apple they would not stop selling music through its own service – the VCAST – even after the iPhone arrives on the network. Verizon had placed a similar demand when the first Android devices arrived on the network.

As of today, the VCAST application continues to work alongside with the Android Market on devices locked to Verizon. It is unclear whether Apple has agreed to Verizon’s demands though. Another thing that could be expected are tiered data plans as opposed to unlimited data plans just like AT&T.  Meanwhile, the folks over at Macworld reported that President and COO of Verizon, Lowell McAdam, told attendees at the CTIA conference in San Francisco that if Verizon were to get the iPhone, the announcement would come from Apple. He continued by saying:

What I’ve always said is I expect at some point in time our business interests are going to align. I think things like LTE are another great reason why they’d want a device or tablet on that network. But I don’t have anything to say today about timing.

Most people are eagerly waiting for Verizon to offer the iPhone, either to jump ship due to AT&T’s poor network coverage in their area or they are hoping that competition from Verizon would force AT&T to bring down prices of the data plans or increase the size of the data limits. What do you think of the whole situation? Let us know in the comments below!

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Source: Macworld, WSJ

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