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Rogers and Microsoft announced a new partnership today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. On Tuesday, Rogers said it would be teaming up with Microsoft for an “exclusive Canadian partnership” in the private preview of Azure Programmable Connectivity, which lets developers build network-aware 5G applications. “Rogers’ longstanding partnership with Microsoft has resulted in a...

The latest Telus Exclusive Partner Program (EPP) deals for February 2023 include a discounted 100GB 5G+ plan and more. These EPP offers are available for companies to offer to employees, with discounts that are unavailable to regular customers and what’s normally on the Telus website. Here are the latest Telus EPP deals for February 2023:...

According to OpenMedia, "poor decisions" made by the CRTC and Minister Champagne have fostered an environment where smaller competitors cannot survive

As part of the Freedom Mobile sale, Rogers has agreed to lease network access to Vidéotron at rates that are lower than those set by the CRTC

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, or CPP Investments, manages the largest earnings-related social insurance program in the country—Canada Pension Plan—which is one pillar of retirement income for those that contribute to it. CPP Investments recently disclosed (via Barron’s) in a filing with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) about its sale and purchases of various...

Last week, Rogers started doling out free monthly data and bill credits for select “valued” customers, and now it appears Telus has also been doing the same. A recent text message sent from Telus to select customers details a free gift in the form of 10GB of extra data per month. “We’ve added a complimentary...

Telus Easy Roam is a daily roaming service that allows customers to use their existing phone plan while travelling in the U.S. or internationally. Easy Roam costs $12 per day in the U.S. and $15 per day for over 200 international destinations. Telus says “you only pay for the days you use data, talk or...

Quebecor is banking on its pending acquisition of Shaw Communications-owned Freedom Mobile to catalyze its plans for national expansion

Rogers earlier this week sent out a text message to select valued customers, notifying them of some free monthly data bonuses and bill credits. While some customers received notifications of these no-strings-attached freebies, they also noticed bill increases as well. According to one RFD on a Rogers Preferred Program (RPP) plan, their monthly bill also included...

Telus is investigating the claims of a breach and, so far, believes that no corporate or retail customer data was part of the hack

Back in July 2022, Koodo launched Stream+, which it called Canada’s first bundle of Netflix Premium, Apple TV+, and discovery+ that was available for existing customers at the price of $25 per month. Stream+ is only available for mobility customers and the bundle would save 20% on these streaming services. But last October, Apple increased...

The new Telus smart living solution will use latest advancements in cloud technologies, internet of things, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI).