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Rogers and Fido Waive Overages for Nova Scotia Wildfire Relief

Rogers has announced that they will waive long-distance, SMS, and data overage charges for postpaid Rogers and Fido wireless customers in Nova Scotia, to help with current wildfire relief efforts. This measure, which comes into effect immediately, will last until June 15. "Our hearts go out to those impacted by devastating wildfires in Nova Scotia,”...

Public Mobile 3G Plans: Here’s How to Find Them

Telus-owned Public Mobile last week saw a revamp to now call itself a subscription service, offering unlimited 5G plans that come before sibling network Koodo. While Public Mobile now offers 5G plans, to go with 4G plans, it still offers 3G speed plans as well. But there’s one problem—you won’t find them on the Public...

Fido Matches Freedom’s $50 Canada/US Plan with 40GB

Earlier today we told you about Fido’s new $50/40GB promo plan after a $10/month credit. Now, we’ve learned this promo plan is even better in Quebec, as it matches the Freedom Mobile $50/40GB plan with Canada/US roaming. Why just Quebec? Well, Quebec has a fourth regional wireless competitor in the form of Videotron (the owner...

Fido Launches $50/40GB Promo Plan

Rogers-owned Fido has launched a new promo plan with 40GB of data. The company’s website was updated today to discount the $60/40GB plan after Auto-Pay with a $10 monthly credit, taking it down to $50/40GB per month. This seemingly matches the Koodo plan of $50/40GB that was being offered to existing customers that we told...

Public Mobile 4G Plans Showing ‘5G’ Icon in Status Bar [Update]

Earlier this week, Telus launched unlimited 5G plans for its subscription brand, Public Mobile, a move that has some of its Koodo customers feeling jealous. We had told you about the move before it happened, as Public Mobile apps debuted in the App Store and Google Play before the transition happened, leaking the move. No...

Rogers and Shaw’s Helicopter Sign Swap Closes Downtown Streets

The City of Vancouver has announced temporary road closures in the downtown area due to a helicopter operation on Friday, May 26, and Thursday, June 1. This operation, taking place in the Coal Harbour area, will see large-scale signage transported to the Shaw Tower, replacing the existing Shaw signs with new Rogers branding. Given the...

Koodo Debuts 40GB and 75GB Plans for Existing Customers

Telus-owned Koodo is offering up some new promo plans for existing customers, increasing data for some existing plans. When most Koodo users sign into online self-serve, the following plans are showing, according to info obtained by iPhone in Canada: $50/40GB (was 30GB) $55/75GB (was 50GB) $62/50GB (regular plan on the website) Both plans include unlimited...

Freedom Mobile’s $50/40GB Canada-US Plan Slaps Rogers, Telus, Bell

Well, I guess this is Videotron’s 'FAFO' message to Canada’s ‘Big 3’ wireless carriers. The company’s subsidiary Freedom Mobile has launched a new $50 Canada-US plan that includes talk, text and data, at a far cheaper price than incumbents. With marketing that also touts it as “two countries, one sweet deal”, Freedom Mobile includes 40GB...

New on Crave: June 2023

June is ready to pull up in less than a week and that means another list of what's new on Bell Media's Crave streaming service. Upcoming highlights include HBO's The Idol, starring and co-created by Canadian music star Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye. Also coming next month is the season two premiere of Star Trek: Strange...

Telus Concludes Data Breach Probe Over Customer Data

Back in February, Telus launched an investigation into claims of a data breach of its source code and also what was said to be employee info up for sale on the dark web. At the time, the apparent data that was put up for sale claimed to include the names and email addresses of over...

Bell Doubles the Data for its $65 5G Plan, Matching Rogers

Canada’s big telecoms continue to adjust data buckets on their premium 5G plans. Rogers on Monday increased its $65 per month mobile-only plan to 50GB of data, and yesterday, Bell matched as well. The Rogers plan is $65 after Automatic Payments and originally offers 25GB of data, but it was doubled to 50GB. Data speeds...
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Here are Cellphone Plan Changes: Rogers, Telus, Bell and More from May 24

Here are the latest Canadian cellphone plan and device deals, plus other promos from wireless carriers such as Rogers, Telus and Bell, from our partner PlanHub. As always, the promos and plans may change at the last minute, but here they are as of Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Bell Noticeable price changes: TCL and Sonim Cell Phone...