Carriers

Telus-owned Public Mobile has just slapped an end date on its Canada-US plans, saying they are ending tomorrow on Thursday, July 25. Earlier today we told you the company had removed 90-day subscription pricing for its cheapest 4G plans. Just moments ago Public Mobile updated its website to add July 25 as the last day...

Telus continues to tweak its premium 5G+ plan pricing, this time lowering them by $10 per month on Wednesday. Here are the changes below: $80/150GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited (was $90/month) $95/200GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited Canada-US (was $105/month) $110/200GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited Canada-US-Mexico (was $120/month) These 5G+ plans have download speeds up to...

Rogers reported its financial and operating results for Q2 2024, showing growth in wireless and internet services. The company saw 188,000 combined mobile phone and internet net additions in Q2, bringing the year-to-date total to 275,000. Specifically, there were 112,000 postpaid mobile phone net additions, 50,000 prepaid net additions, and 26,000 retail internet net additions....

Earlier this month, Telus-owned Public Mobile launched some new 4G plans such a $29/30GB offering. The three new plans added were as follows: $20/2GB 4G (new activations only; $19/month on 90-day subscription) $23/6GB 4G (new activations only; $22/month on 90-day subscription) $29/30GB 4G (new activations only) But recently, Public Mobile removed the 90-day subscription pricing...

Bell has launched its Bell Business Wi-Fi App for small businesses in Ontario and Quebec, which lets small business easily manage their network. The Bell Business Wi-Fi App from California-based partner Plume, offers enhanced security with three separate Wi-Fi zones, providing increased protection for business, employee, and customer internet usage. It features an easy guest...

WestJet and Telus have unveiled the first phase of a strategic partnership to enhance the inflight experience for WestJet passengers by introducing fast, free internet provided by Telus and delivered by SpaceX's Starlink. "Through our strategic partnership with Telus, we are setting a new standard in the Canadian airline industry by offering Starlink's revolutionary inflight...

Rogers has been ranked as the most reliable wireless network in Canada by Germany-based umlaut, once again. Out of a total 1,000 perfect score representing voice, data and crowdsourcing, Rogers scored 894, Bell was at 871 and Telus at 856. Last year, scores were at 889, 874, and 859, respectively. Rogers went up 5 points...

With today’s release iOS 18 beta 4, RCS Messaging has been enabled for Rogers customers, notes numerous iPhone in Canada readers. Two weeks ago when iOS 18 beta 3 was released, RCS Messaging arrived in Canada with carriers such as Telus, Bell, Videotron, and Freedom Mobile. Rogers was missing but that has changed as of...

Koodo is offering some customers an exclusive Telus migration plan via text message, so it might worth checking your phone’s messages. The message says, “since Telus and Koodo are on the same team, you can save more when switching to Telus!”. Up for grabs are the following plans: $39/100GB 5G BYOD (Telus Essential Unlimited plan)...

Freedom Mobile has announced it has expanded service to 50 more cities in B.C. and Alberta, pointing out over 250,000 more Canadians can now sign up for the wireless service. New service areas include the likes of Chilliwack, Hope, Salmon Arm, Camrose, Edberg and more. Quebecor-owned Freedom Mobile says this latest service expansion is thanks...

Rogers and Fido increased its one-time connection fee last week to a whopping $70, and now this change has caught the attention of the CRTC. On Friday, the CRTC issued a request for information to Ruth Altman, Director of Regulatory Consumer Policy at Rogers, regarding recent changes to this connection fee. The inquiry is about...

Statistics Canada to set to change how it estimates its cellular price index. A note on its Consumer Price Index (CPI) June 2024 website published last week said there are going to be “upcoming enhancements”, specifically a “new approach to estimating the cellular services price index." "The cellular services price index will be updated with...