Verizon Unwraps iPhone

Apple's operating chief, Tim Cook, left, and Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead shake hands Tuesday during a news conference. Verizon executives said negotiations to carry the iPhone became serious in late 2008.

Reuters

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Verizon Wireless finally told the world Tuesday that it will start selling the iPhone, but the carrier toiled in secret with Apple Inc. for two years to make it happen.

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