It may not be all that shocking from a common sense point of view, but AT&T CEO Randall Stephensons statement that "there will be a day when you are not exclusive with the iPhone" is still quite a departure from anything hes said in the past and, given the stakes involved, pretty darn notable. That word came at Fortunes now happening Brainstorm: Tech conference, where Stephenson unsurprisingly didnt elaborate on any negotiations with Apple, and only went so far as to say that he thinks AT&Ts partnership with Apple "works really, really well -- maybe as well as any strategic partnership we have." Of course, none of that means exclusivity is going away anytime soon, and you can pretty safely bet that AT&T will keep on pushing as long as it can.
