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Canadians Face Triple Lock on Apple iPhone

Appeared in the Toronto Star on July 7, 2008 as Popular iPhone Debuts This Week More than one year after the Apple iPhone hit store shelves in the United States, the hugely popular device makes its Canadian debut on Friday.  The arrival of a Canadian iPhone is expected to generate […]

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July 7, 2008 3 comments Columns Archive

Is Rogers Blocking Access to RuinediPhone.com? – UPDATED – No Block, DNS Problems

Several readers have written today indicating that they believe that Rogers is blocking subscribers from accessing RuinediPhone.com, the petition site that is complaining about Rogers' data plans for the iPhone.  While the initial reports over the weekend indicated that the problem lay with the site host, I must admit that […]

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July 2, 2008 28 comments News

RuinediPhone.com

There is a ton of media attention on the petition at ruinediphone.com, which has collected nearly 20,000 signatures since its launch several days ago.  The Rogers pricing and data caps for the iPhone make it very difficult to use the device as a true networked device with full video and […]

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June 30, 2008 42 comments News

Rogers Responds to Wireless Column

Rogers Wireless President Rob Bruce responds to my recent column on Canada's wireless crisis in a letter to the editor.

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May 29, 2008 11 comments News

Canada’s Wireless Crisis

This week I delivered the opening speech at the annual Spectrum 20/20 conference that focused on the state of Canadian wireless marketplace.  As the title of this blog posts suggest, I believe that Canadian wireless is in a state of crisis, with limited competition and high data prices.  The talk and slides have been posted to Blip.tv and are embedded below.

Note that I also covered the issue this week in my technology law column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, Vancouver Sun version, homepage version).  I begin by noting that last week's announcement that the Apple iPhone will make its long awaited Canadian debut later this year generated considerable excitement.  While analysts focused on the bottom line impact for Rogers Wireless, it may be that the most important effects have already been felt in Canada since more than any industry statistics or speeches, the iPhone's slow entry into Canada has crystallized the view that the Canadian wireless market is hopelessly behind the rest of the world with limited competition, higher prices, and less choice.

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May 7, 2008 25 comments Columns