FOXBusiness – Verizon said Tuesday it is open to the idea of Apple’s (AAPL: 238.15, -0.34, -0.14%) blockbuster iPhone device coming to Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile carrier.

“We’re open to getting the device,” Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said at a conference hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, Dow Jones Newswires reported. “Our network is capable of handling it,” he added, in a possible jab at AT&T (T: 26.26, -0.08, -0.3%), the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.S. that has been hurt by network problems.

Seidenberg also said it’s Apple’s call on bringing the iPhone to Verizon Wireless, which it co-owns with Vodafone (VOD: 22.84, -0.64, -2.73%).

The comments from Seidenberg come after The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Apple is developing a new iPhone that would be capable of running on Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel (S: 3.88, -0.02, -0.51%), the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier.

Seidenberg also addressed the health-care overhaul, which was signed into law last month and will cause Verizon to take a $970 million write-down. Seidenberg said he believes the attempt to broaden health-care access is a positive, Dow Jones reported. However, he pointed out that while new fees kick in right away, the cost-cutting part of the overhaul doesn’t start for several years.

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