Telus Will Launch iPhone in Canada

29th October, 2009 by adina
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November 5th is the date Telus, which is currently a CDMA carrier, has chosen to launch Apple’s iPhone 3GS, as soon as its HSPA+ network will be properly launched. Although Rogers and Fido already launched the handset in Canada, it seems that they won’t have it exclusively, and this might be a good thing for mobile subscribers all over the country. Like Rogers did, Apple’s handsets will cost $200 and $300 respectively on three-year contracts for the 16GB and 32GB iPhone 3GS. $700 and $800 will be the prices for the contract-free versions. Prices for the 8GB iPhone 3G are set to $100 on contract and $600 for the contract-free version.

Telus didn’t announce whether its smartphone plans would be modified or not. The only smartphone plan Telus has for the moment provides 250 voice minutes with unlimited messaging and 500MB of data for $45. Adding messaging and data to an existing plan means $35 for 500MB of data or $45 for 1GB.

The HSPA+ network from Telus will run at 21Mbps through modems provided from Huawei and Sierra Wireless. Phones launching on the network will be the iPhone 3GS and other devices limited to at most 7.2Mbps and will include the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and LG Chocolate BL40 as well as other unknown for the moment phones from Samsung and HTC.

Another well known Canadian carrier, Bell, will launch its own HSPA network almost at the same time and will also include the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and the iPhone 3GS.


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