Canadian Wireless News

[Rene Ritchie]

Very interesting development. Because of Rogers exorbitant data rates, I've disabled EDGE on every smart phone I've ever known (I don't want to accidentally hit MMS or YouTube and end up with a $1K bill). Bell and Telus made some drops last week (for select devices like HTC Touch or Pearl), maybe Rogers will finally come to their senses and realize volume pricing is a sound principle:

http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=130022

Money quote:

[head of Quebecor Inc] Mr. P?ladeau hhas (sic) suggested Canadians could expect to pay between $260 and $879 a month to use an iPhone when it arrives in Canada, compared to $60 in the U.S.