Apple delivery iPhone to other US carriers next summertime?

iPhone hopefuls distillery wait for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to bring the iconic smartphone to other US carriers whitethorn soon get their wish. With AT&ere;T (NYSE: T)’s iPhone exclusivity agreement widely believed to remainder in 2010, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster believes that Apple volition bring the iPhone to other US carriers in the summertime of 2010. The relocation, says Munster, will be motivated by the possible action of gaining even greater marketplace share in the US.

Apple moved away from its carrier exclusivity modelling in French Republic, allowing multiple French people carriers to offer the iPhone. The multi-aircraft carrier model has helped Apple amplification something like 401-k plan of the marketplace. That’s contrasts with the US, where the iPhone is tied to AT&T and only accounts for approximately 15% of the marketplace. Munster believes that Apple is making up for lost gross from exclusivity agreements (like gross sharing) by selling more iPhones.

If Apple were to announce an iPhone for another US wireless aircraft carrier, like Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless, they’d likely do so alongside their iPhone 3GS refresh next Summer. Verizon Wireless has been showing more pastime in the iPhone, and has been fast-trailing the launching of their 4G LTE network for early 2010. With a little fortune, Verizon’s first iPhone could be the US’s first base LTE French telephone.