Carriers

SaskTel announced on Wednesday its $200 million Rural Fibre Initiative has reached phase six, detailing 48 more communities set to get its infiNET internet service. Phase six is set to begin in 2023 and 2024, with all 48 communities set to get access to fibre gigabit internet by the end of March 2025. “A key...

Bell’s Virgin Plus has launched a $50/20GB promo plan, matching a recent offer from Fido and Koodo. According to the Virgin Plus website, the $50/20GB plan normally includes 10GB, but that has been doubled. It’s a “limited time offer” that works out to a $10/month credit for only 24 months. After that, the plan jumps...

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, March 8, 2023. Check them out below… Bell Noticeable price changes: Samsung...

Telus and Koodo have kicked into effect their new roaming price increases for U.S. and international travel, ahead of the spring break travel period. For those that do not want to use a local SIM card or other eSIM solutions for cheaper data, U.S. and international roaming rates now are at $14/day and $16/day, up...

Last month we told you Telus was set to increase the price of its Easy Roam, which offers customers the option to use their phone plan while in the U.S. or internationally. The Telus website has a notice that reads a price hike is coming on March 8, 2023, ahead of spring break travel. Now,...

Bell and Rogers are offering up a promo plan right now at $60 per month with 15GB of non-shareable data. Data speeds for these limited-time promo plans are at up to 150 Mbps on 4G LTE. Both plans include unlimited nationwide calling and SMS/MMS within Canada. Bell says data overages are billed at $20/1GB for...

Telus announced today the launch of its next generation of Optik TV, detailing a "revolutionary content experience” is now here. Optik TV brings live and on demand TV to all devices while offering new features such as personalized profiles, universal search, voice remote, plus access to apps through the Google Play Store. The Telus TV...

Bell’s flanker brand Virgin Plus quietly increased its data overages in the past year, making it more expensive for people to use extra data beyond the amounts allocated in their plans. According to our checks, as far back as May 2022, Virgin Plus had the following data overages rates: Data use over what is included...

With news of Telus and Bell increasing their roaming rates for U.S. and international travel next week, Rogers appears to be taking advantage by offering a spring break roaming promo instead. "Heading away for March Break? As a special thank you, Rogers wireless customers enjoy 1 Roam Like Home day on us (based on Eastern...

Earlier today Fido added a promo code for new online activations to nab a $50/20GB plan, but the Rogers sub-brand also made another change to match rivals Koodo and Virgin Plus. Fido has now bumped up its $55 plan to now have 10GB of data (was 8GB), joining plan changes made earlier this week by...

Rogers-owned Fido updated its website on Saturday to debut a $50/20GB plan for bring your own device customers activating online only. The plan is after a $10/month discount for 24 months when the promo code “fidopromo10” is used at checkout for new activations. The regular plan is actually $60/20GB and includes unlimited nationwide calling and...

Today, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced a joint investment with Ontario government to expand rural internet in the province at the cost of over $61 million. There will be six projects to bring high-speed internet to over 16,000 homes in 47 rural Ontario communities, along with 3 First Nations communities in Northern Ontario....