No iPhones For Canadians. Maybe.

Bad news for local Apple fans. The iPhone, one of the most anticipated gadgets of this year, may not reach Canadian shores due to carrier problems.

Rogers corporate communications head Odette Coleman told journalists that no announcements had been made, and that most of what had been heard was conjecture.

"Everything in the media has been speculations to this point," Colemain said. "The only fact is that we are the only GSM carrier in Canada. That's the only fact."

Apple Canada has so far been unavailable for comment.

The carrier issue is unique to Canada because Apple has several options in the U.S. and in Europe. Rogers is the only telecommunications company capable of supporting the iPhone and is Apple's only option. "Frost & Sullivan research analyst Ronald Gruia has warned that Rogers may not have the incentive to carry the device and may have its own reasons to delay the launch. The provider already has existing contracts to sell large volumes of music phones from Motorola and Sony-Ericsson that would likely be hurt by the introduction of the iPhone as another choice."

Gruia mentions that the iPhone's presence in Canada is not an all-out impossibility, but if you do see it, you can bet that Rogers won't be the carrier supporting it. Not initially, at least. We'll all have to wait until things get sorted out. Let's see if Steve Jobs can use his magic to work his way out of this one.

Source: macnn

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