Showing posts with label International. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2011

Consumers Take Center Stage on Verizon High-IQ Networks at 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show

NEW YORK – January 3, 2011 –

Verizon is gearing up for the International Consumer Electronics show this week in Las Vegas, where the company will join with a wide range of technology ecosystem partners to showcase its advanced networks, products, services and  solutions that put consumers and enterprise customers at the epicenter of an ever-expanding connected universe.

Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon's chairman and CEO, will kick off the CES with a keynote address on Thursday (Jan. 6) that promises to offer a provocative and visionary view of the connected universe and the central role Verizon's high-IQ networks play for consumers and leading global businesses.  Seidenberg will be joined by Verizon Chief Operating Officer Lowell McAdam as well as several surprise guests who will show how the combination of ultra-fast, intelligent networks and innovative applications and solutions will drive the most innovative era in the history of technology.

"We are putting the power of Verizon's advanced networks, innovative services and strategic partnerships front and center at the world's largest consumer technology show," said Tony Melone, executive vice president and chief technology officer for Verizon.  "We aim to demonstrate how these collaborations dramatically transform the ways people communicate, consume entertainment, and stay connected to what's important to them - at work or at play and on any device."

For the first time, Verizon will have a large booth on the exhibit floor (Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, #35216) and will demonstrate dozens of products, applications and services that show the power and capabilities of the nation's fastest, most advanced 4G wireless network, the nation's most advanced fiber-to-the-home network and the most connected global IP network.  The demonstrations are the result of collaborations with multiple companies and span the worlds of gaming, multi-screen entertainment, telemedicine, home security and management, and more.  For news and information about Verizon's presence at CES, visit www.verizonwireless.com/ces and http://newscenter.verizon.com/verizon-at-ces-2011.

For the Media

Verizon Wireless will host a news conference on Thursday (Jan. 6) at 1 p.m. PST featuring a sneak peek at consumer-focused, Android-based LTE devices, as well as an update on the company's 4G LTE network rollout.  The news conference will be webcast; to register, visit http://www.verizonwebcasts.com/ces/2011/news.

Reporters can also register to watch a live webcast of the opening keynote (Thursday, Jan. 6, at 8:30 a.m. PST) by visiting http://newscenter.verizon.com/verizon-at-ces-2011. Visit the CES Press Room and Blogger Lounge (Las Vegas Convention Center Rooms S229 and S228) to see hands-on demonstrations of select services featured in Verizon's show floor booth.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 93 million customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world.  A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 195,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion.  For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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Verizon Helps International Specialty Products Become Greener With Paperless Billing

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – April 20, 2011 –

As business customers continue to turn to Verizon for a wide range of communications and IT solutions to drive better outcomes, they are finding a strong environmental partner in the process.

For example, by choosing Verizon's e-billing solutions, International Specialty Products Inc. has been able to transition a majority of its invoices to online billing.  As a result, ISP has eliminated more than 80 of its invoices each month, improving its operational and cost efficiencies.

Typically, an enterprise's monthly telecommunications bill can fill many boxes with paper, and consume significant amounts of energy as bills are transported from one location to another.  By reducing paper and associated transportation, Verizon's customers are able to reduce their carbon footprints while streamlining business procedures.   Moving to e-billing has helped Verizon customers eliminate more than 290 tons of paper yearly.

"As a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals and performance-enhancing products for an array of industries around the world, ISP is utilizing the e-billing solution to not only control costs, but also to reduce paper consumption and the amount of CO2 emitted during the traditional billing transportation process," said  Eileen Bostonian, telecommunications billing analysis and coordinator at ISP.  "By working with Verizon, we have leveraged their e-billing solution to help enhance the efficiency of our business operations while simultaneously reducing our carbon footprint."

For each of its customer's billing accounts that have been converted to paperless billing, Verizon has donated funds to the American Forest's Global Releaf program.  Through this initiative, more than 100,000 trees have been planted since 2007, with 70,000 planted in 2010 alone.

"Paperless bills are more useful to our customers in terms of both business and green benefits," said Mark Chodoronek, executive director of Verizon's e-commerce and digital customer enablement.  "In addition to meeting their environmental goals, companies like ISP can make more informed decisions about their communications and information technology spending by analyzing billing data in a user-friendly digital format."

Verizon's e-billing solution makes monthly bills more useful to its customers -- from security and ease of use, to streamlining operations efficiencies and increasing productivity.  The e-billing solution also enables customers to efficiently analyze data and create reports, and to have access to Verizon's Global Billing report, which is available in 10 languages.

Verizon provides e-billing solutions via the Verizon Enterprise Center, its award-winning online customer portal where customers can provision, manage, order and pay bills for their wireline and wireless services.  The online tool, available via secure access 24/7, offers a host of applications that support a full business lifecycle and enable businesses to save time, control costs and manage communications services.  A virtual tour of the Verizon Enterprise Center is available here.

Verizon is a global leader in driving better business outcomes for enterprises and government agencies. Verizon delivers integrated IT and communications solutions via its high-IQ global IP and mobility networks to enable businesses to securely access information, share content and communicate. Verizon is rapidly transforming to a cloud-based "everything-as-a-service" delivery model that will put the power of enterprise-class solutions within the reach of every business.  Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.

About ISP
International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals and performance enhancing products for a wide variety of personal care, pharmaceutical, beverage and industrial applications. ISP produces more than 500 specialty chemicals, which it markets and sells worldwide. The company's headquarters is located in Wayne, New Jersey, USA.

About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving 94.1 million customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world.  A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 194,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of $106.6 billion.  For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Gordon Brown accuses News International - The Independent

Former prime minister Gordon Brown accused News International newspapers today of accessing private information about himself and his family.

He said he and his wife were "in tears" after being told by the Sun that it was going to publish a story about their son's cystic fibrosis.

And he told the BBC: "I think that what happened pretty early on in government is that the Sunday Times appear to have got access to my building society account, they got access to my legal files, there is some question mark about what happened to other files - documentation, tax and everything else."

He went on: "I just can't understand this - if I, with all the protection and all the defences and all the security that a chancellor of the Exchequer or a prime minister, am so vulnerable to unscrupulous tactics, to unlawful tactics, methods that have been used in the way we have found, what about the ordinary citizen?

"What about the person, like the family of Milly Dowler, who are in the most desperate of circumstances, the most difficult occasions in their lives, in huge grief and then they find that they are totally defenceless in this moment of greatest grief from people who are employing these ruthless tactics with links to known criminals."

Mr Brown said he could not think of any legitimate means by which the Sun could have got hold of details of his four-month-old son Fraser's cystic fibrosis in 2006.

"They will have to explain themselves," he told the BBC. "I can't think of any way that the medical condition of a child can be put into the public arena legitimately unless the doctor makes a statement or the family makes a statement.

"I make no claims, but the fact of the matter is that I had my bank accounts broken into, I had my lawyers' files effectively blagged, my tax returns went missing at one point.

"I don't know how all this happened, but I do know one thing: that in two of those instances there is absolute proof that News International was involved in hiring people to get this information."

News International sources were quoted last night as saying they were "comfortable" that stories reported by the Sun about Mr Brown's children were obtained via legitimate means.

In a statement, News International said it noted the allegations about Mr Brown, adding: "So that we can investigate these matters further, we ask that all information concerning these allegations is provided to us."

But Mr Brown's broadside ensured that the hacking story remained firmly in the spotlight.

He spoke out as one of Britain's top policemen, Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner John Yates, told the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that the News of the World "failed to co-operate" with police inquiries into phone hacking until the start of this year.

Mr Yates, the Met's head of counter-terrorism, also expressed regret at his 2009 ruling that there was no need to reopen the phone-hacking investigation and he said he was "99% certain" his phone had been hacked.

Mr Brown said he tried to secure a judicial inquiry into the conduct of News International while he was in power, but faced resistance from the police, Home Office and Cabinet Office.

He accused the company of seeking to abuse its power for political gain over issues such as the future of the BBC and the "neutering" of broadcasting regulator Ofcom, but insisted that as prime minister he had resisted it.

And he added: "Of course, the abuse of their power for political gain is something that is going to have to be looked at. Any inquiry that is going to be set up is going to have to look at how News International attempted to abuse political power for political gain."

Speaking during a visit to Wales, Prime Minister David Cameron said Mr Brown's claims were "yet another example of an appalling invasion of privacy".

"My heart goes out to Gordon and Sarah Brown because to have your children's privacy invaded in that way - and I know that myself particularly - when your child isn't well, is completely unacceptable and heart-breaking for the family concerned," Mr Cameron said.

He insisted that the police would "find the culprits and make sure they are punished", while the promised judge-led inquiry would find out "what was going on at these newspapers".

"This Government won't rest until we have got to the bottom of what is clearly an appalling mess," he said.

Mr Yates faced difficult questioning by MPs, insisting he had always told the truth to the Home Affairs Select Committee.

He said: "I can assure you all that I have never lied and all the information that I've provided to this committee has been given in good faith.

"It is a matter of great concern that, for whatever reason, the News of the World appears to have failed to co-operate in the way that we now know they should have with the relevant police inquiries up until January of this year.

"They have only recently supplied information and evidence that would clearly have had a significant impact on the decisions that I took in 2009 had it been provided to us."

Mr Yates also strongly denied allegations in the New York Times that he was put under pressure not to investigate phone hacking at the News of the World because of fears that the Sunday tabloid would publish details about his personal life.

"I categorically state that was not the case to each and every one of you. I think it's despicable, I think it's cowardly," he told the MPs.

Mr Yates said he had "never, ever, ever" received payment from journalists for information but admitted it was "highly probable" that some of his officers did.

Asked by committee chairman Keith Vaz whether he had offered to stand down from his job, the senior officer said: "No, I haven't offered to resign.

"And if you're suggesting that I should resign for what News of the World has done and my very small part in it, I think that's probably unfair."

Labour MP Mr Vaz told Mr Yates at the end of the session that the committee found his evidence "unconvincing".

He told him: "There are more questions to be asked about what happened when you conducted this review.

"So you may well be hearing from us again. Please do not regard this as an end of the matter."


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News International found 'smoking gun' e-mails in 2007 - BBC News

10 July 2011 Last updated at 13:10 GMT Rupert Murdoch has met Rebekah Brooks over the phone-hacking scandal(router,verizon wireless,wireless network,wireless internet,i phone,i phone verizon,my verizon wireless,wireless adapter,att wireless)

News International found e-mails in 2007 that appeared to indicate that payments were being made to the police for information, although this evidence of alleged criminal behaviour was not handed to the Metropolitan Police for investigation until 20 June of this year.(router,verizon wireless,wireless network,wireless internet,i phone,i phone verizon,my verizon wireless,wireless adapter,att wireless)

According to sources, these e-mails were in the possession of the firm of solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis.
They were retrieved from Harbottle & Lewis by lawyers acting for News Interernational and for William Lewis - general manager of News International - who is in charge of News International's clean-up of what went wrong at the News of the World (and who was recruited by News International last July).
The e-mails appear to show Andy Coulson, editor of the News of the World from 2003-2007, authorising payments to the police for help with stories.
They also appear to show that phone hacking went wider than the activities of a single rogue reporter, which was the News of the World's claim at the time.
Mr Coulson, who subsequently became David Cameron's director of communications in 10 Downing Street, was arrested and bailed last week.
In a letter presented to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee, Harbottle & Lewis confirmed that it had been asked by News International to review whether the illegal actions of Clive Goodman - the News of the World's former royal editor, jailed in 2007 for phone hacking - were known to his News of the World colleagues.
In this letter, dated 29 May 2007, and sent to Jon Chapman of News International, Lawrence Abramson of Harbottle & Lewis wrote that it had "reviewed e-mails to which you have provided access from the accounts of Andy Coulson, Stuart Kuttner, Ian Edmondson, Clive Goodman, Neil Wallis, Jules Stenson".
Mr Abramson confirmed to Mr Chapman that it "did not find anything in those e-mails which appeared to us to be reasonable evidence that Clive Goodman's illegal actions were known about and supported by both or either of Andy Coulson, the editor, and Neil Wallis, the deputy editor, and/or that Ian Edmondson, the news editor, and others were carrying out similar illegal procedures".
The letter from Mr Abramson to Mr Chapman makes no mention of whether the e-mails contain evidence of wrongdoing by journalists other than Mr Goodman.
However, when William Lewis and his fellow News International executives re-acquired those e-mails from Harbottle & Lewis, they found what they perceived to be prima facie evidence that the illegal phone hacking went wider than just the activities of Mr Goodman and that there were potentially illegal payments to the police.
William Lewis went looking for these e-mails after the Metropolitan Police of Operation Weeting, who are investigating alleged phone hacking, enquired about the existence of 2,500 e-mails that Colin Myler - who replaced Andy Coulson as editor of the News of the World - mentioned to MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport committee.
Mr Myler told the MPs these e-mails had been trawled through as part of his own inquiry into whether hacking was carried out by others than Mr Goodman.
In response to a question by the MP Philip Davies about whether Mr Goodman was working alone, Mr Myler said: "I conducted this inquiry with Daniel Cloke, our director of human resources. Over 2,500 e-mails were accessed because we were exploring whether or not there was any other evidence to suggest essentially what you are hinting at. No evidence was found; that is up to 2,500 e-mails".
William Lewis and his News International colleagues on a newly created management and standards committee have not found the full 2,500 e-mails mentioned by Mr Myler, just the sub-set of 300 that were passed to Harbottle & Lewis.
The disclosure that News International found 300 e-mails as long ago as 2007, that indicated wider malpractices at the News of the World than those which led to the jailing of Mr Goodman and of the private detective Glenn Mulcaire, will pose very difficult questions for News International's chairman, James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch.
In December 2007, James Murdoch took charge of News International as chief executive of the European and Asian operations of its parent company, News Corporation.
Some four months later, in April 2008, he authorised the payment of a substantial out-of-court settlement, running to hundreds of thousands of pounds, with Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, over the hacking of Mr Taylor's phone.
That settlement - which was agreed by Mr Murdoch and signed by News International's chief operating officer at the time, Clive Milner - contained a gagging clause, making it impossible for either party to talk about the settlement or what led to it (though many of its details were subsequently revealed by the Guardian).
Mr Murdoch has now conceded that it was wrong of him to agree to the settlement with Mr Taylor and also to other out-of-court settlements made at a similar time.
He said on Thursday: "I now know that I did not have a complete picture when I did so. This was wrong and is a matter of serious regret."
There have been allegations that Mr Murdoch, in settling with Mr Taylor, was endeavouring to put a lid on the furore to deter a wider police investigation of the News of the World's behaviour.
News International denies this.
It insists that Mr Murdoch only approved the Taylor settlement and gagging clause because he was ignorant of the alleged transgressions by other News of the World journalists.
In particular, News International says Mr Murdoch had no knowledge of the 300 e-mails that Harbottle & Lewis were asked to review.
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Nasa shuttle Atlantis docks with International Space Station for last time - Telegraph.co.uk

The shuttle docked with the International Space Station at 11:07 am (1507 GMT), just over an hour after the spacecraft performed its habitual slow backflip so that the ISS crew could take pictures of Atlantis's heat shield before clasping onto the lab, NASA said.

"Welcome to the International Space Station for the last time," said ISS flight engineer Ron Garan after the linkup took place 240 miles (386 kilometers) high over New Zealand.


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News of the World ends: Will Murdoch's News Corp BSkyB bid follow? - International Business Times

With the News of the World newspaper's phone hacking scandal still fresh in the public's mind, British government lawyers have reportedly begun planning ways to block Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB bid.

The lawyers activities were revealed in a report from the Independent. The news came just after opposition Labour part leader Ed Miliband promised that he would try to force Parliament to vote on the BSkyB take-over this week, should acting Prime Minister David Cameron fail to take measures to stop the take-over bid.

The bid would see the Murdoch owned News Corp bid $14 billion for the remaining 61 per cent of BSkyB it doesn't currently own.

If taken to vote Reuters analysts have speculated the end of the new Liberal Democrat, Conservative coalition. Citing the Lib Dem's hostile relationship with many of Murdoch's news outlets, which have tended to portray the party in a less than favourable light.

The calls to halt the bid come just after a slew of phone hacking allegations against the now discontinued News of the Wold newspaper. The News Corp owned paper was accused of hacking into the phones of numerous individuals including celebrities, politicians and murder victims.

The case came to a head when the paper was accused of hacking the phone of murdered school girl Milly Dowler.

The scandal lead to a public backlash against both the paper and News Corp. In response Murdoch personally discontinued the paper -- choosing to keep the head of News Corp's British newspaper division, Rebekah Brooks.

Though Downing Street has declined on the future of the BSkyB bid, the Independent has quoted a senior government source as revealing to it that, "We [the government] are working on a plan to suspend the deal while the police investigation is taking place."

The News of the World's phone hacking activities were first reported in 2007 by the, also Murdoch owned, Sunday Times. The paper reported that its own internal investigation had discovered News of the World staff paying police for information to aid them in the hacks.

In its report the Independent indicated that the government had hoped that the U.K. broadcasting regulator Ofcom would block the BSkyB takeover on the grounds that News Corp directors were not "fit and proper" to run the company.

The alternative strategy, would see lawyers from the department of Culture work to block the deal using the country's competition criteria laws.
The news comes just after PM David Cameron finally joined the cacophony of voices calling for Brooks to step down. A public enquiry has already been ordered.


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NYC 'Artist' visited by Secret Service - International Business Times

Jul 09, 2011 06:09 PM EDT

A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service this week.

Kyle McDonald used the built-in cameras on Macbooks and other Apple products to capture images of about 1,000 people as they examined new Apple computers.

His computers, iPod and digital storage devices  were confiscated as authorities conduct their investigation.

"@secretservice just stopped by to investigate peoplestaringatcomputers.tumblr.com and took my laptop. please assume they're reading any emails you send me," McDonald said via Twitter Thursday.

Over the course of three days, McDonald installed his homegrown software, which captured photos every minute and sent them to his server.

 Reports said that McDonald did this across computers at nearly 100 stores. He said he had the permission of Apple security guards.

In early July, he arranged an unauthorized exhibition at two Apple stores where customers were first shown a picture of themselves and then photos of other Apple store visitors.

"We have this expression on our face [when we use computers] that basically says that we're not interacting with anybody, we're interacting with the machine," McDonald said of the project.

"Even if there are a lot of people in the room at the Apple store, you're not interacting with them. If something weird happens, you don't say, 'Hey, did you see that?'"

Regarding the case itself, McDonald, said that he had been advised not to comment on the case by the online freedom group the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

See a sampling of the photos below, or click here for a slideshow of all the works

People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

Source: Tumblr People staring at computers A New York City "artist," who installed spyware onto public computers to snap photos of customers in Apple stores was visited by US Secret Service on week.

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What HTC's Thunderbolt means for the iPhone 5 - International Business Times

With the next generation iPhone 5 on it's way from Apple, enthusiasts and analysts are looking to glean any clues as to what will be packed into the anticipated phone.

With regards to a few important aspects, clues have come from a surprising source -- Apple rival HTC with its Thunderbolt 4G phone.

With its fast 4G advantage, the phone sports the highest component costs of any other smartphone, and even rivals some tablets.

But it's that same 4G technology that allows industry watchers to understand some of the challenges that Apple is facing as it builds out its iPhone 5.

The 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless chips required for the faster speeds in the Thunderbolt cost an extra $39.75, according to industry researcher IHS.

This presents a problem for Apple, which observers believe is mulling adding the capability to its forthcoming iPhone 5.

There are some options.

Apple could forgo 4G technology all together. Indeed some analysts have predicted just as much, given the current chips are relatively new technology that haven't been 100 percent proven.

The company has already dropped hints, saying at a Verizon press conference in January that it will be conservative with the implementation of LTE, primarily because of battery and other concerns that didn't meet Apple's demands.

On the other hand, there are already three models of LTE phones on the market from competitors Samsung, and LG, as well as HTC's Thunderbolt.

To combat, Apple would certainly need a 4G offering, but would need to make some sacrifices given the size and cost of the chip.

"First, the iPhone's minuscule printed circuit board (PCB) will have to grow in size in order to support the first-generation LTE baseband processor as well as all the supporting chipset," explained firms senior analyst, Wayne Lam.

"Second, the next iPhone's BOM value certainly will increase substantially compared to the iPhone 4 if LTE is implemented in the same manner as in the HTC Thunderbolt."

The current iPhone 4  costs $171.35 to make, meaning the addition would run costs up to roughly $211 per unit, cutting down on Apple's margins, which could be passed on to the consumer.

But seeing that Apple executives have publically complained about the poor designs of current LTE chips, Apple could opt to use someone else entirely.

Enter the Qualcomm's "SnapDragon MSM8960." The chip is the newer version to the 4G chip in the Thunderbolt, and features a number of advantages over standard 4G implementations.

It combines LTE, the "EVDO" standard for existing CDMA networks, and the GSM standard used at AT&T, in one chip, allowing Apple to sell one iPhone 5 that can run on multiple networks.

Currently it sells one for AT&T and one for Verizon.

Given the iPhone 5 is expected to ship a lot more units than HTC's Thunderbolt, Apple has the advantage of pushing down prices even more.

"I would imagine the caveat would have to be added that strict cost of components may vary between Apple and HTC, given Apple's purchasing power in the semiconductor market," Lam says.

The iPhone 5 is expected in Q4 this year. 

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