[muglo] Rogers and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Canada on July 11
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Rogers and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to Canada on July 11
SAN FRANCISCO?June 9, 2008?Rogers Communications and Apple® today
announced that the highly anticipated iPhone? 3G will be available in
Canada on July 11. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features
of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first
generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile
services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications
already built with the recently released iPhone SDK.
?Rogers has a long history of bringing Canadians the very best in
wireless services, networks and handset innovations,? said Rob Bruce,
president, Rogers Wireless. ?With iPhone 3G, we will provide our
customers with an amazing mobile experience over Canada?s fastest
wireless network.?
?We?re excited to be working with Rogers to bring iPhone 3G to
Canada,? said Tim Cook, Apple?s COO. ?We can?t wait to get this
revolutionary phone in the hands of even more people around the world.?
iPhone 3G will operate on Rogers? High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
wireless network, the fastest mobile network in Canada. HSPA is
nationally available in the top Canadian urban centers from Vancouver
to Halifax, covering more than 60 percent of the population. iPhone 3G
will also operate on Roger?s coast-to-coast GSM/EDGE network, proven
to be the country?s most reliable wireless network. More details on
pricing and availability will be available soon.
*Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds vary by site conditions.
Rogers Communications is a diversified Canadian communications and
media company. We are engaged in wireless voice and data
communications services through Wireless, Canada's largest wireless
provider and the operator of the country's only Global System for
Mobile Communications (?GSM?) based network. Through Cable and Telecom
we are one of Canada's largest providers of cable television, cable
telephony and high-speed Internet access, and are also a full-service,
facilities-based telecommunications alternative to the traditional
telephone companies. Through Media, we are engaged in radio and
television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade
publications, and sports entertainment. We are publicly traded on the
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B), and on the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further information about the Rogers
group of companies, please visit www.rogers.com.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the
Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation
with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and
professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital
media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and
iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its
revolutionary iPhone.
Press Contact:
Simon Atkins
Apple
satkins@xxxxxxxxx
(416) 367-8251
Liz Hamilton
Rogers Wireless
elizabeth.hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(416) 935-8710
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