One of the perks of being the chief executive of the world's largest telecommunications company is an early chance to use the iPhone, Apple's much anticipated mobile phone. The iPhone's US launch is not until June 29, but Randall Stephenson, chief executive of AT&T, was given one this month by Steve Jobs, his counterpart at Apple.
Mr Stephenson took photographs with the iPhone at a wedding in his native state of Oklahoma, and e-mailed the pictures to his family. "It was a really good experience," he says in an interview with the Financial Times. "It is going to be much better than most people expect."