Apple Inc. (AAPL) Rumors – T-Mobile Blames Apple for Struggles

Here is your daily Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL ) stock news and rumors for November 5, 2010. T-Mobile USA CEO Rene Obermann says that the telecom is losing business because they don’t have the iPhone in the United States and that, unfortunately, that won’t be changing anytime soon. While the German company is losing out here, its own citizens are enjoying more of Apple’s services as the iAd mobile advertising platform expands into the global community. Finally, Apple’s Xserve line of rackmounted servers is discontinued after 9 years on the market. T-Mobile USA Suffering Due to Lack of iPhone : For a brief period this year, rumors that Verizon Wireless would be supporting a CDMA iPhone before the end of 2010 were supplanted by talk of another telecom dealing in AAPL’s wunderkind smartphone. Instead of a Verizon iPhone, word was that the U.S. would be getting a T-Mobile USA iPhone, a model of the handset also using CDMA technology and closer in functionality to the iPhone 3GS rather than the iPhone 4. Now, with less than two months left in the calendar year, it seems that those rumors were little more than hot air and T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom says they’re suffering because of it. T-Mobile USA, formerly a reliable earner for Deutsche Telekom, has been struggling to hold onto its long-term contract subscribers, let alone maintain growth. Rene Obermann, T-Mobile USA CEO, told the Wall Street Journal that the company is losing subscribers because they don’t support the iPhone. “Consumers like T-Mobile but they also want the iPhone.” She went on to say that the telecom “has no chance of getting [the iPhone] in the short term.” While Apple continues to enjoy a fruitful relationship with T-Mobile in Germany, T-Mobile USA looks like it may not benefit from the U.S. rumor mill anytime soon. iOS Advertising Service iAd Launches in International Markets : AAPL’s mobile advertising platform iAd has only been operating in the United States and the UK since launching last July. Now, Mac Rumors is reporting that iAd is now serving clients from the broader international community, with users in Austria, France and other nations now reporting the appearance of advertisements on supported iOS devices. Apple has been slowly growing its iAd business over the past six months. The company also announced this week that a new office for its growing iAd staff would be opening in New York City’s Union Square later this year. AAPL Rackmount Server Line Discontinued in Early 2011 : After nine years, Apple Inc. will be discontinuing the Xserve line of rackmounted server computers. The original Xserve servers were released back in 2002 and the technology was consistently updated throughout 2009. Since then, Apple has been encouraging enterprise and private customers seeking Mac-based server options to use the Snow Leopard Server for Mac Pro or Mac mini. The company has offered to replace or supplement existing Xserve servers with the Snow Leopard Server options come January 31 st , 2011 when the Xserve line will be discontinued. As of this writing, Anthony Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.
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