Ondrej Holzman Isikhathi sama-pager sesidlulile kudala, kodwa ngenxa yalezi zisetshenziswa, i-Apple manje kufanele ikhokhe cishe imiqhele eyizigidi ezingama-24 kwaMobile Telecommunications Technologies. Ngokwesinqumo sakamuva senkantolo, amathuluzi akhe aphula amalungelo obunikazi amaningana asungulwa ngeminyaka yawo-90.
Ngemva kokulalelwa kwecala amahora ayisithupha, ijaji lanquma ukuthi i-Apple yayisebenzisa amalungelo obunikazi amahlanu ngaphandle kwemvume ayesetshenziswa kuma-pager ngeminyaka yawo-90s, okwakuyizinto zomuntu siqu ezincane ezamukela kuphela imiyalezo emifushane yombhalo noma inombolo.
I-MTel yaseTexas ngonyaka odlule yasola i-Apple ngokuphulwa kwengqikithi eyisithupha ngokumelene namalungelo obunikazi ayo ahlanganisa ukushintshaniswa kwedatha yezindlela ezimbili. Umenzi we-iPhone ozinze eCalifornia bekufanele asebenzise amalungelo obunikazi e-AirPort Wi-Fi emishinini yakhe, kanti iMTel yafuna u-$237,2 wezigidi (noma cishe u-$1 ngedivayisi ngayinye) ngomonakalo.
Ekugcineni, inkantolo yanquma ngempela ukuthi i-Apple yayisebenzisa amalungelo obunikazi ngaphandle kwemvume, kodwa yanikeza i-MTel ingxenye encane yenani eliceliwe - $23,6 wezigidi okufanele zibe yikho. Noma kunjalo, inhloko ye-United Wireles, lapho i-MTel ewela khona manje, isishayele ihlombe lesi sinqumo, ngoba okungenani sinikeze inkampani yaseTexas isikweletu esifanele kakhulu.
"Abantu abasebenza kwa-SkyTel ngaleso sikhathi (inethiwekhi i-MTel eyayithuthukiswa - inothi lomhleli) babehamba phambili kakhulu kunesikhathi sabo," kusho u-Andrew Fitton. "Lokhu kuwukuqashelwa kwawo wonke umsebenzi wabo."
Bekungekona okokuqala u-Apple esolwa ngokwephula amalungelo obunikazi obunikazi. Kodwa-ke, ngenyanga edlule eCalifornia, wawina icala elifanayo ngokumelene nenkampani yase-Honolulu eyayifuna amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-94. Nasodabeni lwe-MTel, i-Apple ayizange ivume iphutha, kuthiwa ayizange iphule amalungelo obunikazi futhi yaze yaphikisa ngokuthi yayingekho emthethweni ngoba ayizange ifake izinto ezintsha ezintsha ngesikhathi ikhishwa.
