Seidenberg: Steve Jobs Hater
Ivan Seidenberg, the CEO of Verizon, is clearly an aggressive businessman. When speculations arose that Verizon will be sold piecemeal, Seidenberg quickly dismissed the idea of a Verizon buyout. The CEO has been quoted as saying vehemently to a reporter “We’re not for sale. And in case you didn’t get that the first time, we’re not for sale. OK?”
There is also clearly no love between Apple chief Steve Jobs and Verizon’s head Ivan Seidenberg; Verizon’s CEO openly vented his disdain for Apple’s expansion into the mobile Internet market. Though Seidenberg did not deny that Apple was the pivotal element for turning mobile Internet into a bankable industry with its iPhone, he did belittle Apple’s capability of garnering a huge cult following for their flagship iPhone, even at a 199-dollar price rate.
Seidenberg further commented that Steve Jobs does not have a total monopoly on innovation and that Jobs will eventually get old.
But what Seidenberg did not see or refuses to see is that the iPhone is indeed generating a mass following on a global scale. Steve Jobs have been busy bustling around the globe, particularly in China and Canada, where he plans to launch the newest model of the Apple iPhone. With the world’s largest mobile market up on their toes waiting for the latest iPhone release, it is safe to say Seidenberg is clearly wrong.
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