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Apple has signed multi-year agreements with carriers authorizing them to distribute and provide network services for iPhones in over 70 countries. These agreements are generally not exclusive with a specific carrier, except in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and certain other countries. Under the vast majority of these agreements, Apple will not receive follow-on revenue generating payments from carriers for the new iPhone 3G beyond the purchase of the device by carriers or a commission on sales of the device by Apple. Apple will continue to receive payme nts from cellular network providers related to first-generation iPhones as long as they remain active on authorized networks.
Apple assumes no obligation to update any of the statements in this Form 8-K regarding the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 software.
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Date: June 09, 2008 | By: | /s/ Peter Oppenheimer | ||||||
Peter Oppenheimer | ||||||||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||