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Re:How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around by dingaling on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:26PM (#24873699)
> they couldn't get SIMs from half the major carriers at any given time

... in the USA.

Meanwhile the other 90% of the global market awaited.

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Re:How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around by WorldMaker on Monday October 26, 2020 @12:33PM (#24897990)
Yes, that was it's own failure. Especially given some of the big numbers Windows Phones had briefly in major countries like India.

I think it is another reason why doubling down on US retail store operations as an attempted run around the US carriers was ultimately the wrong plan.

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