Stories by Gary Ng

SaskTel on Friday launched its 5G network in Lloydminster and Meadow Lake, enhancing connectivity across Saskatchewan. As of now, SaskTel's 5G network is partially available in Lloydminster and fully operational throughout Meadow Lake. The crown corporation aims to complete the 5G deployment in Lloydminster by the end of 2023. "Over the next five years, SaskTel...

After speculating that Zoomer Wireless, which runs on the Rogers LTE network, was possibly set to undergo major changes, the company responded that was not the case and instead said an updated website was coming with new plans and phones. Fast forward and now the Zoomer Wireless website has a featured image that states, “looking...

Fido (Rogers) and Virgin Mobile (Bell) appear to be introducing some further price tweaks leading up to Black Friday, available from dealers. Dealers such as Wireless Wave are advertising a $29/month plan with 30GB of data from Fido and Virgin. This is the $34/30GB promo plan that’s ongoing but with a $5/month discount for 12...

Quebecor’s Videotron has officially launched Fizz beta in B.C. and Alberta on Monday morning, as confirmed by a spokesperson to iPhone in Canada. Fizz is the wireless flanker brand from Videotron that offers “a mobile experience like no other”. This marks the first time the service has expanded outside of Ontario and Quebec. Quebecor's CEO...

After Fido (Rogers) and Freedom Mobile (Videotron) debuted $34/30GB plans for Black Friday, Virgin Plus (Bell) and Koodo (Telus) have now jumped into the foray, as we expected, for bring your own phone customers. Virgin Plus is now showing a $34/30GB 4G speed data plan with SD video streaming and unlimited Canada-wide minutes and international...

Rogers-owned Fido has launched a new plan for Black Friday, increasing the data for the $34 per month plan that’s being offered from most flanker brands. Fido says bring your own phone customers can get a $34/30GB plan after Automatic Payments Discount. This plan previously had 20GB of data but now it’s up to 30GB,...

Videotron’s Freedom Mobile is stepping for Black Friday, adding a new 30GB 5G plan to its offerings, and currently being advertised on the main page of its website. Originally at $34 per month with 20GB of 5G data, the plan has now increased by 10GB to 30GB. The price includes Digital Discount (pre-authorized credit card...

Now this has taken a huge turn—Apple has agreed to adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. Apple confirmed the news to 9to5Mac, saying: Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association. We believe RCS Universal Profile will offer a better...

Videotron’s Freedom Mobile has launched some new 4G LTE plans below the $30 per month price point. Available now are the following plans for bring your own device users: $24/2GB $29/6GB The plans include unlimited talk and text in Canada and speeds up to 100 Mbps in Canada. Both plans have a double data bonus...

Back in March, the standalone Apple Music Classical app was released for iPhone users. “Apple Music Classical also makes it easy for beginners to get acquainted with the genre thanks to hundreds of Essentials playlists, insightful composer biographies, deep-dive guides for many key works, and intuitive browsing features,” said Apple at the time. Subscribers of...

Quebecor’s Videotron is making some new moves in the wireless space, debuting new unlimited Canada-France plans, starting from $50 per month. According to Videotron, you can “use your cell phone in France or the United States as you would in Canada, thanks to data that travels with you." Check out the plans below: $50/25GB 5G...

Zoomer Wireless runs on the Rogers LTE network, run by Cityfone, a subsidiary of Rogers. The company offered wireless services online and also sold numerous smartphones. Recent changes to the Zoomer website have removed mention of plan offerings and cellphones for sale suggesting the service may be shutting down. The front page of the website...