Apple, needs little introduction. After starting a successful bid in 2001, Apple was in the way of aggressive growth (revenue grew by compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 31%, and net income rose by an average advance of 128%). In 2007, Apple announced that they would have to change another industry - mobile phones - with iPhone. IPhone has been declared as an immediate success in the U.S., sales of one million units in a record 74 days (bet it took two years to reach the one million unit mark). In addition to high sales and positive feedback process, which surprised many was the model of the distribution of income that Apple was in talks with mobile operators, which traditionally have not given up part of their income subscribe to mobile phone manufacturers. The case is set as of November 9, 2007 in the morning that the iPhone will be released in the UK with O2 Telefonica author. Students need to determine whether the transaction will be beneficial to the O2 Telefonica and long-term effect on the structure of the industry. "Hide
by Sandra Sieber, Josep Valor, Jordan Mitchell Source: IESE 25 pages. Publication Date: January 14, 2008. Prod. #: IES192-PDF-ENG
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