Dear Canadian iPhone enthusiasts,
I know I’ve been juggling your emotions around with this whole Rogers Wireless deal.
First I said Rogers would be the exclusive iPhone carrier in Canada. (…)
After announcing in January that it had iPhone plans in Canada, Rogers Wireless told CBS News today, “We haven’t announced whether we will carry the iPhone… Everything in the media has been speculations to this point.”
Rogers Wireless said in a January e-mail to its customers that it was working closely with Apple to launch the iPhone in Canada “as soon as possible.”
“Costs and considerations for adding a new phone to its lineup, including business and technical factors, may have offered compelling reasons for [Rogers Wireless] not to carry the device,” Ronald Gruia, an analyst with market research firm Frost & Sullivan in Toronto, told Apple Insider. (…)
Steve Jobs announced at this year’s Macworld conference that Cingular would be the exclusive iPhone provider in the United States, but said nothing of iPhone’s European provider. (…)
Rogers Wireless customers will be pleased to know that the mobile phone service provider will be the exclusive iPhone carrier in Canada. (…)
