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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…

By Gary Ng on February 9th, 2012

Telus has announced their anticipated Long Term Evolution (LTE) network will go live on Friday, February 10th in 14 Canadian cities. These include: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, Kitchener, Waterloo, Hamilton, Guelph, Belleville, Ottawa, Montreal, Québec City, Halifax and Yellowknife. By the end of 2012, their LTE network plans to reach…

By Gary Ng on February 8th, 2012

Today is Bell’s Let’s Talk Day, an initiative to raise awareness and discussion about the lingering stigma that surrounds mental health and illness. Olympian Clara Hughes is the spokesperson for the campaign: “Fighting stigma is critical to advancing Canadian mental health, and it’s the first pillar in the Bell Let’s Talk mental health initiative,” said…

By Gary Ng on February 7th, 2012

Telus made two official announcements today: Optik TV for the Xbox 360 that allows users to control their TV using their Kinect, and the Telus Optik TV iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The Optic TV ‘On the Go’ iOS app allows existing Telus customers in BC and Alberta watch on demand…

By Gary Ng on February 7th, 2012

Rogers has officially announced the launch of its new Rogers One Number service, to allow customers to make free calls from their computers using their their existing number. This includes long distance to any Canadian number: Introducing Rogers One Number. This new service exclusively from Rogers lets you talk, text and send picture messages, and video chat with…

By Gary Ng on February 6th, 2012

The Globe and Mail has added further fuel to rumours of the existence of an ‘iTV’ (as first noted by MacRumors), as sources have revealed Apple has their eyes set on a partnership with Rogers and Bell, with another separate source noting a demo product already exists within their labs: …sources say Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple has…