Carriers

Telus-owned Public Mobile has revamped its plans and also brought back its $10 referral bonus for a limited time. Starting today until September 30, Public Mobile says you and your friend can get a $10 bonus credit when you refer a friend that subscribes to a $35/month plan. You can only refer up to 5...

Back in August, we told you Telus (and Koodo) was phasing out its long-standing $5 monthly discount for customers who pay their bills by pre-authorized credit card, forcing subscribers to switch to direct bank withdrawals if they want to keep the savings. Update Wednesday, September 17, 2025: A Telus spokesperson told iPhone in Canada the...

Bell has started notifying customers of an upcoming price increase to TV services, specifically A la carte TV add-ons. An iPhone in Canada reader sent us a copy of their monthly Bell statement, which details the price increase. The text explains that as of November 1, 2025, the monthly rate of A la carte TV...

Did you pre-order an iPhone 17 series phone from Rogers? The company has started emailing customers to note that iPhone 17 Pro orders are now on backorder. According to an email obtained by iPhone in Canada that Rogers sent to customers on Monday, the subject reads, “Your new device is on backorder”. Rogers then says...

A $200 million fibre-to-the-home internet project is now underway in Newfoundland, with nearly half the cost covered by taxpayers. Ottawa and the provincial government are contributing a combined $92 million through the Universal Broadband Fund, while Xplore is paying the rest. The initiative will extend gigabit-speed internet to about 24,000 rural households by laying 6,000...

The iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air pre-orders have launched in Canada and besides pre-orders from Apple, you can also pre-order from places like Best Buy and Costco. Our major wireless carriers Rogers, Telus, Bell and Freedom Mobile also have iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air pre-orders available. But again, they are pushing hard financing...

Telus is accusing Rogers of using its control over Canadian media to keep rival ads off the air and off the ice. In a filing with the CRTC in early June and posted to the Commission’s website on Tuesday, Telus claims Rogers and its subsidiaries "have refused to allow Telus to advertise on Rogers’ media...

Telus has closed a major deal with La Caisse, the nation's second-largest pension fund, selling a 49.9% stake in its wireless tower business Terrion for about $1.26 billion. The deal values Terrion at more than $2.5 billion and will help Telus pay down debt. Terrion is Telus’ tower subsidiary, and even after the deal Telus...

Bell-owned Virgin Plus customers can once again score 2-for-1 movie tickets at Cineplex Theatres. The offer is available for the next 14 weeks, ending December 14, 2025. Customers (err…members) can grab one promo code every 30 days by filling out their details through Virgin Plus. The code will be sent by text and can be...

Telus-owned Public Mobile is giving its customers a way to bundle popular streaming services for cheap. The carrier has teamed up with its sister company Koodo to sign up for Stream+, which combines ads-based or premium versions of Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime into one plan. “Streamline what you stream on,” reads the email obtained...

Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile will launch pre-orders for the iPhone 17 Pro this Friday, September 12, the same day Apple’s pre-orders go live. The Freedom Mobile website says the iPhone 17 Pro is “available for pre-order on September 12, 2025 at 8:01am EST”, which is 5:01am PST. That’s 1 minute after Apple’s pre-order time of 5am...

Bell and its flanker Virgin Plus are ready for Apple’s iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro pre-orders, as both the main pages of its websites are now touting Friday, September 12, which is the same day Apple’s pre-orders kick off. While we don’t have a time yet, Apple’s iPhone 17 series pre-orders will begin at...