Starting next month, Bell Canada and Telus Corp are expected to begin selling iPhones, ultimately breaking the Vulcan death grip that rival Rogers Communications Inc. has held on Apple's iconic device for over a year. Reports indicate that iPhone has helped propel wireless growth for Rogers through the recession by a whopping 7 percent this year. Rogers confirmed that iPhone customers spend 1.5 times more than its average wireless subscriber. Which translates into a whole lot of happy backslapping for Canada's two largest incumbent telecom companies once a formal iPhone partnership is consummated.
"Bell announced Monday that it will launch national service in November on the $1-billion next-generation wireless network it has been building with Telus, months ahead of schedule. The project extends the two companies' existing third-generation (3G) networks to include the same technology standard employed by Rogers, the nation's largest cellphone company." Source - The Globe and Mail
Until now, the suits at Rogers have enjoyed holding the Canadian monopoly on that standard – along with a guaranteed mortal lock on one of the hottest handheld mobile devices this side of planet Jupiter. But those days are coming to a painful close for Rogers who is rumored to be scheduling dozens of private mourning vigils outside of the public eye.
"Roger's executives will never let the people of Canada see them weep like little girls over losing their exclusive iPhone deal," said long time iPhone user Elam Nikserof, "Which is fine by me. I hate to see greedy old men dressed in drag smearing their caked on makeup with bitter tears of regret."
It was announced in an official press release on Tuesday morning that Bell Canada and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to
When I read the title I was like whhaaa Bell?? as in Southern Bell lmao...they are going tech backwards..lmao..!!
Posted by: Constant Gina | October 06, 2009 at 09:41 PM