FacingStifferCompetitionATTOpensUpItsNetworkMoreToDevelopers

With stiff competition on the horizon, AT&T launched a new Web site yesterday providing information for third-party developers to create applications for its network. The site, which publishes guidelines on how to create applications for its network, curiously comes just a week before Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) targets developers at an Open Development Device Conference in New York, and a week after Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) released its SDK, allowing developers to create apps for the iPhone. All of the moves are attempts to woo developers, who may create the next killer app that will drive demand for new phones and more network usage.

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