If reports are to be believed, Apple Inc. is getting ready to manufacture an iPhone model that will work on the cellular network operated by Verizon Wireless, though it doesn’t essentially means that it is coming on the carrier.

According to Lowell McAdam, the head of Verizon Wireless, there is the possibility of an iPhone on Verizon’s current 3G network. Verizon anticipates one to come later for Verizon’s newer, faster 4G network.

According to reports, the company will start mass-producing of the iPhones that work on CDMA cellular networks, the kind used by Verizon, by year’s end. They could go on sale early next year.

Current iPhones only work on GSM networks, including that of the iPhone’s exclusive U.S. carrier, AT&T Inc.

The report further revealed that Apple is developing a 5G iPhone that looks different from the ones on sale these days. New iPhone designs, including ones with smaller and larger screens than the existing models, have also long been rumored to be in the works.