OTTAWA – Canada’s wireless carriers are being asked to turn over their Apple iPhone sales records as the Competition Bureau deepens its probe into alleged anti-competitive clauses in Apple Canada sales contracts.
According to a Toronto Star report on Tuesday, the Bureau filed applications with the Federal Court on Monday calling for data from carriers including Rogers, Bell and Telus.
As Cartt.ca reported, the Bureau filed a court application last December requiring Apple Canada Inc. to provide records and written returns of information relevant to the investigation. The Star report quoted an unnamed source that said the Bureau is dissatisfied with the information that Apple Canada has disclosed.
The report added that the court is expected to make its decision on the request for information shortly, and that decision would likely set out a timeframe in which carriers are to comply.
While carriers may be required disclose proprietary data, it is also possible they could renegotiate terms the Bureau alleges unfairly prevent promotion of competing handsets as respective contracts with Apple expire, the report added.
