“Canada’s Competition Bureau is investigating allegations that Apple Inc’s Canadian unit used anti-competitive clauses in contracts with domestic wireless carriers, the watchdog said on Thursday,” Alastair Sharp, Euan Rocha, and Leah Schnurr report for Reuters.
“The bureau said no wrongdoing by Apple’s Canadian arm has been found so far, without stating who made the allegations,” Sharp, Rocha, and Schnurr report. “The bureau this week sought a court order to compel Apple to turn over records relating to the ongoing investigation.”
“The bureau stressed that, so far, it has no evidence that Apple has contravened any rules and that it has not filed any application with the Competition Tribunal or any other court to seek remedies for any alleged anti-competitive conduct,” Sharp, Rocha, and Schnurr report. “‘Should evidence indicate that the Competition Act has been contravened, the Commissioner will take appropriate action,’ said Greg Scott, a spokesman for the bureau, in an email.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Tom E” for the heads up.]
Don’t these governments have anything else to do – like finding real criminals?
Somebody complained. The agency had to respond.
Hey, we complain all the time in the U.S. and nobody responds to us. Well, unless we loot and burn in the name of “Justice”.
Let’s not forget; this is the Competition Bureau; their job is not to catch “real criminals”; they are there to protect consumers from anti-competitive businesses. Apparently, Apple isn’t one.
As a Canadian…we get hosed by the carriers. Any leverage to get these ridiculous rates lowered is alright by me!
Here here, they certainly are a rip off.
Tell me about it. Friggin’ highway robbery.
You’re right, however, this isn’t about that. It’s about Apple’s deal with the carriers.
Too right this should be done and it shouldn’t just be Canada that carries out checks on the behaviour of Apple bullying carriers.
You have no clue of what happens in negotiations.
Go back to Android R US, where you belong.
Oh! Those poor carriers! What will they do with all that money?
The real culprit is Rogers Communications. They have kept the iPhone out of Canada for two years because they wouldn’t play nice with Apple. They wouldn’t give unlimited data when it was common place in the US. They refused to give two year contracts like in the US and insisted on collecting huge monthly payments for three year contracts. They have poor coverage of most of Canada and give very poor service. They nickel and dime customers to death on every little thing like texting, visual voicemail, long distance calls, calls to people who are also on Rogers plans, etc.
I have left Rogers after 20 years of having to put up with their monopoly and horrible customer service. Do an internet search for “Canada’s most hated company”. Guess who pops up?