Hasta La Gadget!

AT&T may love its exclusive agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone, but it may not be long for this world. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), along with senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), have asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether “exclusivity agreements unfairly restrict consumer choice or adversely impact competition in the commercial wireless marketplace,” according to MediaPost.

Kerry has also written a blog post entitled “Who Really Owns Your iPhone?” that argues these contracts limit consumers’ ability to use the newest phones–something we have been saying for ages and ages.

“Today, we’ve got a wireless marketplace where four companies account for more than 85 percent of all subscribers. These large carriers strike deals with the companies creating the newest and most innovative phones, leaving smaller regional wireless carriers without access to the latest technologies to attract consumers,” he wrote. No word yet on a response from AT&T or Apple.