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Astral and Bell are back to the drawing board and have submitted a new proposal to the CRTC for approval. Previously, both companies had their merger proposal rejected by the CRTC over competition concerns, such as Bell having too much marketshare in some areas. Now, both companies have announced they have re-submitted a modified proposal...

Looks like Virgin is set to launch similar unlimited talk and text plans like its big brother, Bell. An update posted by MobileSyrup notes Virgin Mobile will launch identical plans tomorrow but with different names to describe each plan. According to the internal memo: “Oh snap! With the Holiday season upon us, we’re in the...

Bell has announced new unlimited text, picture and video messaging plans, conveniently on the same day Rogers made their 'simplified pricing' plans official, but these will become available on November 9th. Check out these plans--they look eerily familiar: Bell's new plans all include unlimited text, picture and video messaging: $55/month 1000 minutes, 200 MB broadband...

Canadians love to communicate via text messages--a week ago the CWTA reported we sent over 24 billion of them in Q2 of 2012. This is also become the new norm for flirting and dating, according to Virgin Mobile and their recent study detailing "textiquette". LedgerWeb asked over 1000 Canadians in an online panel about their...

MobileSyrup points us to some new promo plans launched by Virgin Mobile to 'conveniently' match some revised Canada-wide promotional plans added by Koodo the other day. Check out Koodo's plans below: Here's what's new in these Virgin Mobile unlimited Canada-wide plans that range from $30-$60: $30 Canada-Wide Talk: 75 Canada-wide minutes, 7pm evenings and weekends, 100MB...

Bell tweeted about their Trade-In Program, and the iPhone is eligible for those interested. Just visit this page and enter in your iPhone model. The prices listed are 'estimates' and are pretty low compared to what you can get on eBay or Craigslist (but it is easy). For example, a 16GB iPhone 4S is worth...

With the iPhone hitting the market officially tomorrow, what mobile plan do you have in mind? If you're a Virgin Mobile user, feast your eyes on their new limited-edition 6 GB add-on plan for $30 monthly. New and existing postpaid customers who are part of the 20 "choice plans," not including the "Awesome 40" and "All-in-One" plans are eligible for the...

Canadian Competition Bureau has concluded its 5 month investigation today regarding misleading advertisements from carriers who claim to be offering “premium texting services” and has announced that is suing Rogers, Telus and Bell, along with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association over it for $31 million (via Mobile Syrup). The Competition Bureau is suing the three carriers...

UPDATE 1: Looks like existing Bell customer are unable to pre-order the iPhone 5 through their website at this moment. We've received word from a Bell customer via twitter that only new customers can order the iPhone 5 online, while existing Bell customers need to call their helpline or visit in-store to pre-order an iPhone...

All current & upcoming Virgin Mobile carrier users may want to feast their eyes on this plan. MobileSyrup is reported that Virgin Mobile launched a new plan labeled "Smartphone 73 - 6 GB" today, September 13th. The plan is for all new & existing postpaid customers. This plan is strictly a "hot exclusive limited time...

With Apple widely expected to announce an new iPhone tomorrow, most people are expecting support for LTE data networks as well announcing the iPhone 5 with LTE, it seems like a good time to summarize what sort of LTE coverage Canadians can expect from the major cellular network providers at this point in time. Bell Bell...

Less than two weeks ago, Virgin Mobile announced its $50 and $65 smartphone plans for all existing and new postpaid customers and today, they have introduced a " lovely newcomer" as they call it, the 'All in One 40 Plan' (via MobileSyrup). Starting from Thursday, August 23rd, all Virgin Mobile postpaid customers can shift to the new plan that...