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iPhone To Be Rogers Exclusive In Canada

Thursday January 25, 2007 9:24 am PST by longofest
DailyTech is reporting that an email sent to Rogers customers confirms suspicions that the Canadian wireless carrier would be the exclusive provider of Apple's iPhone in Canada.

Rogers is currently the only GSM operator in Canada, and therefore a Rogers-exclusive agreement is not unexpected. A launch date and pricing is yet to be determined, however the launch is expected before the European launch in Q4 2007.
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Stella
66 months ago
Well, there is Fido .... who is owned by Rogers! :-D
( Who, IMO, Fido, have better packages than Rogers - re: monthly )

I wonder if Fido will get the iPhone too - or will Rogers just hoard it to themselves.
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adamfilip
66 months ago
I hope it does

i just signed a 3 year contract with fido 2 months ago.
so im stuck for now

Hope Iphone shows up at fido
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bradallen
66 months ago
i'm from the east coast so aliant is "better" than rogers when it comes to wireless, but i'll take it because rogers is more wide spread.
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fall3n
66 months ago
wouldn't it technically make sense for Fido to support it too seeing as Rogers owns Fido and therefore it opens up to a larger consumer base?
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LaDirection
66 months ago

Well, there is Fido .... who is owned by Rogers! :-D
( Who, IMO, Fido, have better packages than Rogers - re: monthly )

I wonder if Fido will get the iPhone too - or will Rogers just hoard it to themselves.


When Rogers bought Fido they merged the 2 network and disbanded Microcell Connexion. There is now a single GSM network operated by a single carrier and a single billing department. Fido exists only has a brandname.

As for Alliant, they rent someone else's network. Wether it's Telus or Rogers, I don't know them, but they do not have their own network.
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X5-452
66 months ago
Hmmm. The article says Roger's sent an email to customers. I still haven't gotten anything, but if I do get something I'll put it up.
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X5-452
66 months ago

When Rogers bought Fido they merged the 2 network and disbanded Microcell Connexion. There is now a single GSM network operated by a single carrier and a single billing department. Fido exists only has a brandname.

As for Alliant, they rent someone else's network. Wether it's Telus or Rogers, I don't know them, but they do not have their own network.


The Aliant company here in the east is just a division of Bell Mobility.
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uv23
66 months ago
A good reason for me to finally ditch &@!$%# Telus .
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boxlight
66 months ago

[url=http://www.macrumors.com]
Rogers is currently the only GSM operator in Canada


Curious, what is "GSM" and why does iPhone need it?
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tvguru
66 months ago

Curious, what is "GSM" and why does iPhone need it?


This has to be the easiest way to explain it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM
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