It's not just a grander scale, even though that's what your argument hinges on. In addition to a difference of degree, it's also a difference of kind. The apps that companies install for employee use are not part of the general smartphone experience, but are specific to the companies business.
And, yes, carrier specific apps exist today in the App Store; they aren't forbidding them from offering apps, just from taking over the entire user experience on the phone.
And the apps would specific to NTT's company business. That app would do you absolutely no good by being in the app store.
But Apple doesn't want you to delete the Apps otherwise they would let you. They want you using Safari for search so they make money. They want you using iMaps for search so they make money. Weather, stocks? Probably making them money from yahoo. If they are there you might use them.. Or in the case of safari or maps, probably will use them, even if you prefer another app, because its set as default. Even if its only occasionally that's a dime here and there a billion extra times.
Guam is a territory of the United States and follows all U.S. laws.
In 2006, Docomo entered the Guam wireless market by purchasing a local company called GuamCell.
In 2009, the Guam Telephone Authority (GTA) a private company who had obtained the rights to selling the iPhone on Guam, announced that they would make the iPhone 3GS available in December.
On the day that GTA announced that the iPhone was available, Docomo came out with full page ads in the local newspaper announcing that they also had iPhones for sale. After some inquiries, it turned out that they were selling unlocked grey market units and also confirmed that they were not authorized to sell the iPhone. This went on for several weeks before they stopped. I'm not sure of the reason why they stopped. Was it just a one-time deal to steal away the thunder of the authorized vendor?
I've always wondered whether this was sanctioned by Docomo Japan. It seemed like such a curious thing to do when they refused to sell the iPhone in Japan.
To this day, Docomo Guam has never sold the iPhone again.
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And the apps would specific to NTT's company business. That app would do you absolutely no good by being in the app store.
In 2006, Docomo entered the Guam wireless market by purchasing a local company called GuamCell.
In 2009, the Guam Telephone Authority (GTA) a private company who had obtained the rights to selling the iPhone on Guam, announced that they would make the iPhone 3GS available in December.
On the day that GTA announced that the iPhone was available, Docomo came out with full page ads in the local newspaper announcing that they also had iPhones for sale. After some inquiries, it turned out that they were selling unlocked grey market units and also confirmed that they were not authorized to sell the iPhone. This went on for several weeks before they stopped. I'm not sure of the reason why they stopped. Was it just a one-time deal to steal away the thunder of the authorized vendor?
I've always wondered whether this was sanctioned by Docomo Japan. It seemed like such a curious thing to do when they refused to sell the iPhone in Japan.
To this day, Docomo Guam has never sold the iPhone again.