iPhone coming to Canada

Posted by Rob Beschizza, April 29, 2008 6:45 AM | permalink

Canada will get its iPhone soon, writes The Star's Chris Sorensen, with a deal being struck between Apple and the only local GSM network, Rogers Communications.

“We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year,” said Ted Rogers, the cable giant’s CEO, in a short statement. "We can't tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned.”

I guess those trademark disputes with the owner of the iPhone trademark in Canada are all wrapped up, then. Right? Right!

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#1 posted by Ryan Waddell

, April 29, 2008 11:10 AM

Great. And since it's with Rogers, we'll get a really good deal. Sign up for a 3 year contract @ $150 a month for unlimited usage, and get the phone for only $700!

My question is, will it be 3G?

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#2 posted by padster123 , April 29, 2008 1:50 PM

Doesn't Canada have a monopolies commission?

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#3 posted by detritus , April 29, 2008 3:07 PM

"Doesn't Canada have a monopolies commission?"

Yes, Canada has a Competition Bureau. However, we only have one national GSM provider at the moment. There's a spectrum auction going on at the moment to open things up a bit, but it's not yet clear how that's going to play out.

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#4 posted by craiig , April 30, 2008 4:39 PM

Perhaps we'll get some competitive data plans up here.

All the main providers (Rogers, Fido, Telus) data plans up here contain a clause in their unlimited data agreement saying that third party applications are not covered by unlimited data packages?

It's a terrible practice that I hope the availability of the iPhone (and Apple's pickiness when it comes to data plans) will correct.