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Today is Bell Canada's Let's Talk Day, their mental health initiative part of a 5 year, $50 million charitable program aimed to reach out through four action pillars: anti-stigma, care and access, research, and workplace best practices. Bell Let's Talk Day is a major driver of Bell's funding for Canadian mental health programs. On February...

It appears Bell is set to change its cancellation policy to move in line with carriers such as Rogers and TELUS, as described within internal documents, reports MobileSyrup. Bell customers looking to cancel will have to pay remaining handset subsidies, known as the Service Agreement Price Adjustment (SAPA), on their contract. The formula is similar to...

It appears Virgin Mobile is set to revamp their monthly plans next week starting next week according to MobileSyrup, which notes they will three tiered "Rockstar Plans" appropriately named Silver, Gold and Platinum: The Silver plans are equivalent to the basic “Choice” talk & text plans ($20-$45/month) and will see $150 off any phone. The...

Yesterday Rogers and TELUS discounted the iPhone 5 to $79 on a three year term. Now, that same offer is available from Bell and SaskTel. Bell is offering the discount in the form of a $100 in-store credit that can be applied towards your iPhone 5 or accessories. It's for new activations only and goes...

Virgin Mobile has offered a pretty hot voice and data plan that includes 6GB of data--but it's only available in Thunder Bay. According to MobileSyrup, the smartphone plan includes the following: Unlimited Canada-wide calling Unlimited SMS/MMS to Canada/USA/International Voicemail, Caller ID 6GB of data ($10/GB overages) $50/month Bell is already offering customers in Thunder Bay...

Bell is stepping up its game to target existing MTS customers in Manitoba to switch over by offering a free iPhone 5, reports the Winnipeg Free Press. Wade Oosterman, president of Bell Mobility, says this is the time for their company to try to win over customers in Manitoba: "Over our history there was connections...

Earlier Fido dropped their $57 unlimited plan by a dollar to $56, and now it looks like Virgin Mobile has done the same to their existing $57 plan, reports MobileSyrup. According to an internal memo it reads: Starting Saturday, December 8th until store close on Monday, December 31st, our Choice 57 plan has become our Choice...

A week ago we told you about the TELUS offer to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, a $60 Canada-wide unlimited plan with 5GB of data. Now it appears Bell has responded with a similar plan in Saskatchewan. The plan name is called "Saskatchewan Voice and Data" and includes: Unlimited Canada-wide calling Unlimited SMS/MMS 5GB of shareable data...

As we first suspected almost a week ago, Bell was set to start unlocking iPhones for the first time starting today, and that has been confirmed according to an internal memo obtained by MobileSyrup. Both Bell and Virgin Mobile will start unlocking the iPhone but there are some requirements before you will be eligible: You must...

Looks like we have some hot three way action now (Fido vs Koodo vs Virgin)--regarding the $57 unlimited plan that is. Virgin Mobile has modified their $57/month plan to match the Fido $57 plan reports MobileSyrup. The latter was updated to match the 2GB offering in Koodo's similar $60 plan announced yesterday. Virgin Mobile's Choice 57 plan includes:...

Looks like Bell has jumped into the Black Friday fun with a new promo for the iPhone 5. New users signing up for three year terms will receive a $100 in-store credit (towards the phone or accessories) when you activate an iPhone 5. This promotion is noted on the Bell website and goes until Monday:...

According to Apple's wireless support and features page, only TELUS, Rogers and Fido offer carrier supported unlocking for the iPhone. Rogers and Fido introduced iPhone unlocking back in December of 2010 at a charge of $50. TELUS introduced iPhone unlocking this June for $50, but it has since been reduced to $35. Now, it looks like...