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Sixty North Unity, a consortium of Indigenous communities from the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, has announced plans to acquire Northwestel from Bell. Northwestel is the leading telecom in the North, and once the sale goes through, the latter will become the largest telecom company globally with full Indigenous ownership. "As Indigenous people, we have...

Quebecor has lodged a complaint with the Competition Bureau concerning an agreement between Loblaw and wireless carriers Bell and Rogers, through their joint venture Glentel, granting them exclusive selling rights at The Mobile Shop. This deal means Quebecor's Freedom Mobile would be excluded from 180 Loblaw-owned grocery stores, potentially increasing the telecom oligopoly's control to...

Image: SaskTel SaskTel, along with Samsung Canada, and Innovation Saskatchewan announced the launch of the province's first 5G Innovation Labs on Tuesday. Called the SaskTel 5G Innovation Lab, these facilities aim to provide local businesses, university students, researchers, and innovators with resources to fully utilize 5G technology and create solutions for communication and connectivity in...

Telus-owned Public Mobile has responded to complaints filed with the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS) regarding its decision to end its legacy rewards program and transition to its newer Public Points. Numerous Public Mobile customers, upset with the company’s decision, filed complaints with the CCTS. Public Mobile filed an objection to these complaints,...

Rogers-owned Fido looks to have enabled 5G for some customers it seems, as iPhone in Canada readers are telling us they are seeing 5G showing on their iPhones as of Sunday evening. One Fido customer located in South Vancouver in B.C., told us their iPhone is showing a 5G signal in the status bar. You...

Since launching its 5G network in parts of Regina in late 2021, the Saskatchewan's crown corporation has reached a new milestone. SaskTel announced on the weekend it has now upgraded half of its provincial wireless network to 5G technology. Currently, SaskTel’s 5G network includes more than 520 cell sites and covers nearly 85% of Saskatchewan...

Telus-owned Koodo looks to be offering new plan deals exclusively for select customers, available when you log into your account online. The latest 4G plans being offered are: $30/60GB $35/65GB Both plans include the usual unlimited Canada-wide calling and extras such as call display, voicemail and more. Data overages are still $130/1GB. An included perk...

Rogers announced a new customer contest today called 'Bring Stanley Home', aimed at sending customers and hockey fans from Canada to the Stanley Cup Final in Edmonton. "This is an exciting time for hockey fans across Canada, and we’re thrilled to celebrate Canada’s game with customer contests, concerts, and unique experiences for our customers and...

Rogers-owned Fido looks to be offering up some limited time offers for existing customers. These plans dubbed, “exclusive plan for you” are showing for customers when they sign into their accounts online, and are as follows: $35/100GB with 1,000 US minutes and 1,000 long distance minutes $40/110GB with 1,000 US minutes and 1,000 long distance...

Canadian mobile subscribers are using more data than ever before, according to new statistics from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). In the fourth quarter of 2023, the average monthly data usage per subscriber reached 7.92 GB, more than double the amount recorded three years ago, touted the industry group, the Canadian Telecommunications Association....

The Canadian Football League (CFL) and Bell Media have announced that the 111th Grey Cup will be broadcast on CTV on Sunday, November 17, for the first time. Starting on September 7, CFL Saturday afternoon games will be shown exclusively on CTV, with kickoff times moving from 4 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. The coverage...

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, June 5, 2024. Bell Noticeable price changes: Deal on Galaxy...