hodulik's firm has done business with att in the past year. >> i wouldn't call it a new war or anything, but i would think the level of competitive intensity is going to go up as a result of the loss of exclusivity, as every other carrier tries to defend their market share. so that is likely cause margins to compress industry wide in the first half of 2011. >> reporter: the iphone battle is expected to accelerate the trend, seen at the recent consumer electronics show, to more powerful mobile phones with bigger screens and more features. >> and the promise here is that faster networks, faster processing will give us smart phones that are even more like little computers in our pockets. >> reporter: the competition between apple's iphone and the google android will not only give consumers more choices, it is also helping drive the u.s. economy forward. apple and google are on track to dominate the global market for mobile phone operating systems. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: and tom, i'll be talking with verizon president and chief operating officer lowel