New iPhone deal confirmed in Canada ... what about Latin America?
The big news this week was that Rogers finally made an official announcement that they will have the iPhone exclusive in Canada (from Cellular News). This is not news and apparently even though the company is not yet ready to give a launch date, they had to yield to the pressure since it was known they had been selected by Apple a while ago.
The company made a brief statement through Ted Rogers, President and CEO: "We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year. We can't tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned." This makes it official although he did not give any indication as to launch date.
We are now wondering when we will hear from Latin American operators. Last time we checked, the battle was on between Telefonica and America Movil for the exclusivity in the region, with strong rumors for both of them. I am inclined to think it will be America Movil, or at least Telcel for Mexico, given the size of the operator.
Other strong rumors quoted here included Vivo in Brazil for Mother's Day alhtough I don't see how that can happen now since that'd leave only a few days and we have not heard anything else from them.
It is clear we will have to wait and see but it seems that we can expect an official announcement any day now.
The company made a brief statement through Ted Rogers, President and CEO: "We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year. We can't tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned." This makes it official although he did not give any indication as to launch date.
We are now wondering when we will hear from Latin American operators. Last time we checked, the battle was on between Telefonica and America Movil for the exclusivity in the region, with strong rumors for both of them. I am inclined to think it will be America Movil, or at least Telcel for Mexico, given the size of the operator.
Other strong rumors quoted here included Vivo in Brazil for Mother's Day alhtough I don't see how that can happen now since that'd leave only a few days and we have not heard anything else from them.
It is clear we will have to wait and see but it seems that we can expect an official announcement any day now.
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