Carriers

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...

Apple's iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air pre-orders in Canada are set for this Friday, September 12 at 5am PT/8am ET. The Telus website says “the next generation of iPhone is coming” and asks people to “register now” to get order updates for the iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air. As it stands,...

When can you pre-order your iPhone 17 series from Rogers or Fido? Both carriers have updated their websites to note pre-orders for iPhone 17 are set for Friday, September 12, the same day as Apple’s. Rogers has a mailing list form that requires people to sign up for, in order to get the latest updates...

Last month Bell launched a global roaming plan to follow the footsteps of Telus and Rogers. The 250GB global roaming plan launched in Quebec only to take on Videotron and cost $70 per month, with roaming available for talk, text and data across 78 countries and territories. But as of September 9 (iPhone 17 launch...

Bell has launched Bell Cyber, a new brand that brings all of the company’s cybersecurity services under one name. The goal is to make it easier for businesses to get protection against online threats—everything from hackers to data breaches—using tools powered by artificial intelligence. As part of the launch, Bell introduced a new Autonomous Security...