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Wireless device installment plans could come to Canada: analyst

News | 05/20/2014 8:16 pm EDT

A telecom analyst with BMO Capital Markets says Canadian wireless carriers will “very likely” start offering installment plans to cover the cost of mobile devices as an alternative to the upfront subsidies carriers typically use to lower or eliminate the purchase price of phones.

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