Rogers to Bring 3G iPhone 2 to Canada
Today is the big day – Apple’s WWDC, the day Steve Jobs takes the stage in another sure to be historic keynote. Wearing his cooler than thou without trying trademark black pullover and jeans, he’ll present a new toy that’ll bring Apple-nistas into one global nerdgasm. And this time it might even apply to Canadians.
Rogers has promised it’ll bring the iPhone to Canada. Rogers has a 3G network so it can support the new iPhone. Industry Canada is currently in the process of its bandwidth auction which, as far as I am aware based on the Canadian govt. website, will go on for about a month. But once new wireless telecom spectrum is sold new players will enter the wireless game. This may not mean an immediate drop in price but it will almost certainly mean more creative billing and more flexible options – possibly including an unlimited data package.
It’s predicted by industry analysts that competition will be the high fiber diet needed to bring flow to the current state of mobile network constipation suffered by all Canadians. Our Telecoms are full of it and we’re paying more for less than other industrialized nation. An unlimited data plan from Rogers might be a reaction to that inevitable competition.
No Canadian Telecom offers a pure unlimited data plan and that had prevented iPhone from coming here. Rogers doesn’t want you to have one and Apple demands one is sold with iPhone because Apple wants to make lots of money selling content through iTunes. When a 3G iPhone hits the market it’ll likely have the ability to download music and video directly from a mobile network thus overcoming iPhone’s current wi-fi only limitation.
It looks to me like a stellar conjunction is about to align over Canada. This could be the day it’s realized, but it’s more likely to trickle out over the summer. iPhone 3G in the Canadian market with an affordable unlimited data plan. Step one is to find out exactly what the new iPhone can do and Mr. Jobs is expected to take care of that later today.
source-http://www.gizmorepublic.com/portable/rogers-may-bring-3g-iphone-2-canada-5810
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