De la Vega further said that the iPhone is a good source for new subscribers, but it is only a part of smartphone portfolio which gives out good results, in an answer to the questions that what are the plans of AT&T for the exclusive deal to come to an end as has been rumored. De la Vega said that they have a legacy of a great portfolio, which will continue after the iPhones are no longer exclusive for them. He also said that the iPhone had been a good source of new gross for them and the new subscribers from iPhone in the third quarter were only one-third of the total subscribers from all of the devices.

AT&T might be losing the exclusivity of the iPhone deal, which it had in the U.S. for more than 2 years, to its competitor Verizon Wireless. Many people believe that the deal will expire in the mid of year 2010.

De la Vega also said that AT&T is now working, to build Android phones that will be working best on AT&T network, with device manufacturers. These are terrific devices and are much better on the AT&T network as compared to any other network.