It just got easier for Canadians looking to strap a new Richard Mille watch to their wrist. The Swiss watchmaker recently opened its first Canadian boutique in Toronto’s upscale Yorkville neighbourhood. The new location is operated by jeweler Louis Black under a licensing agreement. Much like Richard Mille timepieces themselves, the store layout is quite unique. It features a number of […]
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Apple Pay to launch in Canada in the fall?
A report earlier this year suggested that Apple was looking to bring its Apple Pay mobile payment system to Canada sometime in the first half of the year. An announcement was to have made in March but no such event materialized. The Wall Street Journal today suggests that the launch is now planned for sometime this fall. The report adds […]
Apple Pay coming to Canada as soon as March?
Apple unveiled its new Apple Pay mobile payment service last September. The official launch followed in October but was limited to the United States. Meanwhile, Canadians have been wondering when they would see the service make its way north of the border. IDC predicted that it would do so in 2015 and new evidence suggests that its prediction will indeed come […]
Canada’s AWS-3 spectrum auction to kick off March 3, 2015
Indsutry Canada today announced that its next spectrum auction will kick off on March 3, 2015. By the time the AWS-3 spectrum auction wraps up in May 2015, Industry Minister James Moore expects that the amount of spectrum available to provide mobile services to consumers will have grown by almost 60 percent since early 2014. By that point, new competitors […]
Apple Canada ordered to turn over documents in anti-competition investigation
We first learned about Canada’s Competition Bureau investigation into alleged anti-competition practices by Apple Canada last week. It focuses on allegations that Apple’s contracts with Canada’s wireless carriers include anti-competitive clauses. The Globe and Mail today reports that the Federal Court of Canada will order Apple Canada to turn over relevant documentation to the competition watchdog. The order should be signed […]
Apple iPhone cause of higher device and service fees in Canada?
We learned earlier this week that Canada’s Competition Bureau was looking into allegations that contracts between Apple and wireless carriers may have included anti-competitive clauses. Jump forward a few days and new information has revealed that an investigation has in fact been underway for almost nine months. The competition watchdog now believes that these contracts have resulted in higher retail prices […]
Apple Canada contracts with wireless providers under investigation
Canada’s Competition Bureau has begun an investigation into Apple Canada’s contracts with Canadian wireless carriers. There is no evidence of any wrongdoing at this point but the bureau is looking into allegations that the contracts include anti-competitive clauses. Should such evidence be discovered, an application will be filed with the Competition Tribunal or another court to determine what consequences Apple […]
Canada makes Jolla Tablet shipping countries list
The Jolla Tablet blew by its Indiegogo crowdfunding goal within two hours and has shown no sign of slowing since. The campaign has now raised over US$1.2 million and over 4000 tablets have now been sold. The latest batch of Jolla Tablets is now selling for US$209. The original list of shipping countries did not include Canada but that has […]