Sprint , Verizon , and AT&T are about to get another U.S. competitor : C Spire Wireless , the tumid privately - held cellular carrier in the country , announcedon Wednesday that it will begin offering the iPhone 4S “ in the do week . ”
C Spireis a regional immune carrier ; until last month , it did line of work as Cellular South . The company accepts customers in the first place in the southeast , focalize on Mississippi , Tennessee , Alabama , and Florida . Dave Miller , C Spire ’s Media Relations Manager , toldMacworldthat he could n’t yet remark on whether the troupe would also stockpile the iPhone 4 or 3GS , though he did say “ more detail will be come out soon about all the Apple gadget we will propose . ” C Spire is a CDMA carrier , like Sprint and Verizon .
Like Sprint , C Spire presently offers programme that admit unlimited datum . Miller indicated that he could n’t yet reassert what plan the companionship would offer for the iPhone 4S , but declared that C Spire offers “ what we consider the best plan in the industry , the 80/40 architectural plan . ” That plan offer inexhaustible instant , text , and data for $ 80 per calendar month for your first line , and $ 40 for extra line .
To date , the iPhone 4S is Apple ’s fastest - selling iPhone ever ; the company sell more thanfour million unitsin the gimmick ’s first four days of handiness . During Tuesday ’s 4th - quarter financial result , Apple CEO Tim Cook suppose double that the company expected to dress a record for iPhone sales in its next quarter , which will cover much of the holiday buying time of year . In addition to pent - up requirement from many customer for an upgraded iPhone model , carrier addition like Sprint and C Spire could help bolster those sales considerably .
An Apple spokesperson also confirmed toMacworldthat C Spire will carry the iPhone 4S soon .
Updated 11:01 a.m. ET with Apple ’s confirmation .
