AT&T: Don’t Blame Us For The iPhone’s Google Voice Ban

The outcry over the Google Voice ban on the App Store is still going strong, with hundreds of news stories, developer posts , and complaints putting the story in and out of Twitter's top trends for nearly three days running. Much of the blame has been directed at AT&T, over beliefs that the carrier forced Apple's hand in its decision to ban the applications. Now it looks like AT&T believes it's been wrongly accused, and it's beginning to take a stand for itself. Last time we reached out to AT&T to comment on the story, the company gave TechCrunch writer MG Siegler a very blunt and brief statement: "Nope – Apple is the one who can talk about their App Store." But today, the company has begun sending out more detailed messages to some of the frustrated customers who have been voicing their complaints. The message below was written by Glenn Lurie, AT&T's President of Emerging Devices and Resale.