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                <p>Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=vz">VZ</a> - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=vz">News</a>) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=vod">VOD</a> - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=vod">News</a>), said it likely added twice as many customers in Q1 as it did a year ago after it launched its version of the Apple (NASDAQ:<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=aapl">AAPL</a> - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=aapl">News</a>) iPhone 4 last month. Verizon added 1.5 mil customers in Q1 2010. The company expects another boost from the next iPhone model, which is expected to arrive in Q3, although Apple hasn't confirmed it. Until last month, AT&amp;T (NYSE:<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=t">T</a> - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/ibd/bs_ibd/storytext/565338/40577123/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=t">News</a>) had exclusive rights to iPhone. Verizon and Vodafone each rose just over 1%.</p>
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