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Toronto – Rogers Communications says it is extending the $30/month data plan on the iPhone in order to spur sales of smartphones.

Rogers is the only carrier of the iPhone in Canada and the largest cell phone provider in the country.

The plan allows iPhones owners, other smartphones and computer laptop aircards download up to six gigabytes a month — until the end of September, CBC reported.

Liz Hamilton, spokesperson for Rogers, said that “just over one per cent of iPhone owners used more than one gigabyte of data in their first month, while about 95 per cent of owners used less than 500MB.”

Rogers will eventually introduce a $25/month plan for iPhone and smartphone owners on Oct 1  that will allow 500 megabytes of downloading per month, which will be bundled with a three-month promotion of unlimited usage. Another plan will allow one gigabyte of usage for $30.

The iphone was released in Canada in July.