Carriers

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the country’s broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, announced on Monday morning its website and phone lines are down for the count, in what appears to be an unscheduled outage. "Please note that our website, its related applications and phone lines are temporarily unavailable, we will update you as soon as...

Right now, Freedom Mobile is the only operator that provides underground cell service on Toronto's subway despite the infrastructure being there since 2015

One of Canada’s largest telecoms has confirmed it has acquired independent internet service providers (ISPs) Altima Telecom and London, Ontario-based Start.ca. Both companies are resellers of internet and cable services. Peter Novak, Vice-President of Insight & Engagement at TekSavvy, said on Friday morning, "Got it confirmed: http://Start.ca, another indie ISP, has been quietly acquired by...

Bell posted quarterly operating revenues of $6.439 billion across all of its segments, up 3.7% year-over-year from Q4 2021, with a net income of $567 million

Rogers reported $508 million in net income for Q4 2022, up 25% year-over-year, with a whopping 193,000 new postpaid mobile phone subscribers

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 may change at the last minute, but here they are as of Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Check them out below… Bell Noticeable price changes: Samsung Galaxy S23...

Minister Champagne is reportedly seeking written undertakings from Rogers and Quebecor for ensuring affordable wireless pricing

Staples Canada and Bell announced a multi-year exclusive agreement on Tuesday, to sell Bell, Virgin Plus and Lucky Mobile wireless and wireline services at Staples stores across Canada for both consumers and small businesses. Both companies will also partner to sell Bell services to medium businesses through the Staples Professional sales team. Beginning in late...

While the Competition Bureau's objections to the deal have been shot down, the companies still require Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne to sign off

If the transaction closes by its January 31 deadline, the 12 hedge funds that bet on it going through are looking at a $216 million payday

Earlier this month, Public Mobile launched a Lunar New Year promo offering a 5GB bonus on select plans. This promo was supposed to end on February 5, 2023, but today Public Mobile says it has been extended. Public Mobile says this Lunar New Year promo is now being extended by a couple of days to...

The government concluded a residual spectrum auction, which is used to sell licences that weren't sold in previous auctions or were returned, on January 17