![]() ![]() "I would take all of these prices (offered) as being suggested prices and everything is negotiable," said Crandall, of investment firm MacDougall, MacDougall and MacTier in Montreal. "So I think it's less likely that there's going to be a price war," Entwistle said recently.Īnalyst Troy Crandall said shared data plans on multiple smartphones and tablets would most benefit households with three or more members, but they would have to make sure they didn't go over their monthly data limit.Ĭrandall noted, however, that with a two-year contract, both the amount consumers pay up front for their device and monthly rates have risen slightly. ![]() market and might not mean prices will go lower if Verizon comes to Canada. Telus CEO Darren Entwistle noted the two-year price plans his company has launched are similar to what Verizon offers in the U.S. Three-year cellphone contracts were a hot-button issue for many Canadians, who complained to the CRTC that they were locked into the contracts for too long and missed the launch of upgrades for new smartphones. The big three carriers have launched them for the important back-to-school and holiday seasons as they move consumers away from three-year contracts in advance of new rules set by the CRTC, Canada's telecommunications watchdog, that take effect on Dec. ![]() Meanwhile, the introduction of two-year contracts brings Canada in line with most other countries. There were predictions earlier this summer that Verizon was considering entering the Canadian market when it reportedly made an initial offer for Wind Mobile and started talks with Mobilicity, two smaller wireless companies.īut the Globe and Mail recently reported that Verizon is putting off a potential acquisition of new players and may only participate in the January 2014 auction for wireless spectrum, which will see telecom companies bidding on radio waves needed to make cellphone networks operate. "In the U.S., they've recognized many accounts, many households and (given) them a data-sharing plan."īig carrier Verizon, which has about 100 million subscribers, has been offering shared data plans for more than a year and other major carriers such as AT&T and Sprint have followed suit. "This all came about mostly as the spectre of Verizon looming over the Canadian market place," said Grant, managing director of the SeaBoard Group. Telecom analyst Iain Grant said the response to Verizon's potential move into the Canadian market has made the major telecoms "sharpen their pencils and start giving Canadians better deals." Rogers, Telus and Bell now all offer data-sharing plans that allow mobile phone and tablet users in a household to share one data package with a set amount of monthly data usage to do things like surf the Internet. MONTREAL - Even though it has yet to confirm it is coming to Canada, Verizon is already having a major influence on the cellphone market here.Ĭanadians need look no further than new data-sharing plans that made their debut this summer in what is generally seen as a response by Canadian wireless companies to the looming threat of competition from the U.S. ![]()
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