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By Gary Ng on February 20th, 2012

To foster ‘real’ wireless competition in Canada, WIND and Public Mobile want to build a new network to support newer smartphones, such as the iPhone. These companies are threatening to once again sit out the next wave of wireless auction bidding, as they feel there’s no point in even trying when they are put up…

By Gary Ng on February 20th, 2012

Rogers is set to announce its quarterly earnings this Wednesday, and many analysts are speculating the carrier will release numbers that show a levelling off in growth within its wireless division, notes The Globe and Mail: Rogers’ early success with the iPhone has given it the largest base of iPhone users in the country. When…

By Gary Ng on February 16th, 2012

Fido recently made a slight change to the prices of their Value Packs and Caller ID. The Fido website was quietly updated about a week ago with increases of $1 to Value Packs and Caller ID. Value Packs are now stand at $11 and $16, whereas Caller ID as a standalone feature is now $8…

By Gary Ng on February 16th, 2012

A new Rogers Innovation Report has been published today and this time around, Rogers takes a look at how Canadians are using technology to manage their personal relationships. The info graphic below shows women are better communicators in the digital world and the most connect age group are young adults from age 18-24. Check out…

By Gary Ng on February 15th, 2012

Rogers re-introduced the coveted 6GB/$30 data plan last Fall and was set to expire on February 6th. It now appears to have been silently extended past that date and will now ‘disappear’ on February 28th, as seen on an internal memo as sent in by Technapedia: Just four days ago Bell brought back the 6GB data…

By Gary Ng on February 15th, 2012

Yesterday a report surfaced over at MobileSyrup about an internal document from Telus noting its employees to be on the lookout for fake iPhones being returned at various Telus locations. Immediately what came to mind was the ‘clay iPad in a box’ return scam that hit stores such as Future Shop, Best Buy, Walmart and…

By Gary Ng on February 14th, 2012

Virgin has introduced a few new features today (as noted by MobileSyrup), in particular a $5 unlimited text and picture messaging plan to the U.S., Canada, and International (texts must be sent from Canada). Another promo offers 50 free outgoing texts plus free caller ID and voicemail on all talk and text plans. If you…

By Gary Ng on February 11th, 2012

When will the carriers make the popular 6GB/$30 data plan permanent, instead of running it constantly as a promo that emerges randomly? An internal Bell posting reveals the 6GB plan is back for smartphones such as the iPhone. The plan will typically require a three year contract, and no expiry on the plan is noted….

By Gary Ng on February 9th, 2012

Yesterday was Bell’s Let’s Talk Day to raise money for mental health awareness in Canada. The company asked people to call, text, or tweet for a 5 cent donation towards mental health programs. The result? 78.5 million texts, long-distance calls and retweets that raised almost $4 million dollars: Canadians responded with 78,520,284 texts, long-distance calls…

By Gary Ng on February 9th, 2012

Bell has announced its existing LTE network is set to expand tomorrow to hit seven more Canadian cities: Montréal, Québec City, Ottawa, London, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. These cities will join the existing LTE centres of the Greater Toronto Area, Halifax, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Belleville and Yellowknife. LTE speeds mean customers can get up to…