Cell-phone Carriers Lose Their Grip

摘要

A few years ago, if someone asked what sort of cell phone you had, your response would probably be to name a network, like Sprint or Cingular. Wireless carriers so completely controlled the business, especially in the U. S., that many manufacturers weren't even allowed to put their brand names on handsets. Now this relationship isrnchanging in ways that will reduce the power of carriers and, with luck, increase consumers' choices.