Data rates keeping iPhone from Canada?

That’s the reason according to Michael Geist, Canada research chair of Internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa: “The barrier to the iPhone in Canada is not Apple. Rather, it is the lack of wireless competition that [...] leads to pricing that places Canadians at a significant disadvantage compared with other developed countries.” Canada’s cell phone market is owned primarily by Telus, Bell, and Rogers, of which only Rogers supports the GSM standard.

As AppleInsider notes, Rogers currently charges $210 for a 500MB data plan, quite a high price compared to the new AT&T plan for the iPhone, which prices unlimited data at about $20 US.

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