Carriers

Bell is moving ahead with a planned change to its home Internet and TV lineup in Ontario, officially pulling those services from its flanker brand Virgin Plus. Starting today, January 14, Virgin Plus will no longer accept new home Internet or TV customers in Ontario. The services will continue to be offered in Quebec. For...

Telus-owned Public Mobile has refreshed its mobile plans now that Boxing Week promotions are officially over. The carrier’s Boxing Week offers were originally set to expire on January 5, then quietly extended to January 11. With those deals now gone, Public Mobile has updated its lineup, including the launch of a new 100GB plan and...

Rogers-owned Fido is facing some mockery online after a customer shared a text message pitching an "exclusive deal" that looks more like a bad joke. The message offered 70GB of data at 4G speeds for $120 a month after autopay discounts, plus a potential $20 fee just to change the plan. Fido framed the offer...

Some Public Mobile customers are getting texts offering a switch over to parent company Telus, but the deal itself isn’t anything special. Users on RFD say the message offers a $25 per month Telus plan with 5GB of 5G data, including the autopay discount (requires debit pre-auth) and no contract. The problem is that Public...

Bell is raising wireless prices for some customers, with increases of $6 per month set to take effect in February 2026. An iPhone in Canada reader told us they were notified of the increase and warned Bell they would leave unless a better deal was offered. “Threatened to leave as Bell is raising rates $6...

Telus is offering another round of voluntary severance packages to Canadian workers, a move the union representing many of those employees says will lead to more job losses and weaker service for customers. According to the United Steelworkers, nearly 700 workers across the country have been offered voluntary severance packages, including more than 500 union...

Rogers has rolled out a new national initiative called Screen Break, putting $50 million on the table over five years to help families deal with how much time kids and teens spend on their phones. The move follows new Rogers research that found youth aged 11 to 17 are spending about 5.2 hours a day...

Boxing Week deals are done from the flanker brands of Rogers, Bell and Telus. Back in December we looked at plans from Fido, Virgin Plus and Koodo to note prices before Boxing Day discounts. Now that things are ‘back to normal’, let’s take a look at what’s changed. Below are bring your own device plans...

Some Telus customers are seeing a surprise price increase as the carrier heads into 2026. An iPhone in Canada reader says Telus is raising the monthly price of his plan by $7 starting in February. This reader says he and his wife signed up for a Black Friday 2024 deal that offered 200GB of 5G+...

If you’ve been procrastinating when it comes to getting a better cellphone plan, you’ve already missed the boat from Rogers, Telus and Bell and their flanker brands, as Boxing Day deals have mostly come to an end. Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile recently updated its website to state their Boxing Week deals end today, which means it’s...

Telus says it is exploring ways to bring in a partner for its Telus Health business, a move that could help the company raise cash and reduce debt. The Vancouver-based telecom announced on Thursday it has hired TD Securities and Jefferies as financial advisers to look at different options for “monetizing” Telus Health. That could...

After years of steadily getting cheaper, mobile phone plans in Canada may be starting to level off, according to new Statistics Canada data highlighted by The Globe and Mail. Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index for cellular services rose year over year in both October and November 2025. It was the first increase in about two...