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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:40:45 PDT
Following yesterday's discovery of a dialog box in the latest iOS 6 beta
suggesting that AT&T users may be subject to restrictions or additional
charges if they wish to use the FaceTime video calling feature over the
carrier's cellular network, the company issued a brief statement simply
acknowledging that it was working with Apple and that more information would
be released in the future.
TechCrunch now reports that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was specifically
asked about the issue at Fortune's Brainstorm conference today, with
Stephenson saying that it is simply "too early" to discuss how AT&T will
handle FaceTime over cellular networks.
“I’ve heard the same rumor,” he said, insisting that for now, AT&T is
focused on working with Apple to get the technology stabilized, so “it’s
too early to talk about pricing.”
Stephenson's comments certainly do not rule out the idea of additional
charges for the feature, and it is even unclear what the carrier's timeline
is for supporting it at all. AT&T has on several occasions delayed support
of similar features such as tethering and iPad personal hotspot connectivity.
In a separate report today from The Wall Street Journal, Sprint indicated
that it will not be charging additional fees for cellular FaceTime usage,
considering it part of the customer's existing data package. Verizon, the
third major iPhone carrier in the United States, declined to comment on the
issue. |
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