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A Canadian telecom joint venture is rolling out a new tool to help businesses spot when a phone number has been reassigned—a big deal because recycled numbers are quietly becoming a major source of fraud. EnStream, a company owned by Bell, Rogers and Telus (founded in 2005), has teamed up with Proximus Global to launch...

We’ve been keeping an eye on plans from our major wireless carriers for you leading up to Black Friday and now Bell looks to be the first to make a change. Bell has now added a 25GB bonus to its $85 Canada-US plan, meaning it’s now a 200GB plan that allows for talk, text and...

Telus’ new Sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, Quebec has been officially ranked as Canada’s fastest and most powerful supercomputer, according to the latest TOP500 list. The system placed 78th worldwide, making Telus the only Canadian telecom provider on the list. The TOP500 ranks supercomputers using the High-Performance LINPACK (HPL) benchmark, which measures sustained performance in...

Telus today published its Black Friday deals, while also posting the same for its flanker brand Koodo. Now, the Black Friday deals for its prepaid brand, Public Mobile, are also live. Here are the following Canada-US-Mexico plans advertised as Black Friday deals by Public Mobile: $35/10GB + 250 long distance minutes $40/60GB + 500 long...

Telus’ flanker brand Koodo has released Black Friday deals for 2025, the same day as its parent company. Now, it says there’s a Black Friday sale on its website but the deals aren’t exactly huge. Here are Koodo’s current plans: $45/10GB $40/40GB ($10 off, was $50) $55/60GB ($5 off, was $60) $75/100GB So there’s $5-$10...

Freedom Mobile’s Black Friday deals are live, with discounts on phones, big data plans across Canada-U.S.-Mexico, and extra savings for families. These deals were posted the same day Telus revealed their Black Friday offers. Here’s everything available this year. Black Friday Plans $39/mo — 60GB Canada-U.S.-Mexico data (includes Digital Discount) $49/mo — 100GB Canada-U.S.-Mexico data...

Telus has launched their Black Friday deals for 2025, offering saving on smartphones and even teasing free Sony PlayStation 5 consoles with internet purchases. The company previously teased it was going to post its Black Friday deals on November 18 and it stuck to its guns, despite Rogers and Bell sharing their “deals” last week....

Freedom Mobile has rolled out a couple of early Black Friday offers for select smartphones, available for $0 per month on select plans with a two-year term. Google Pixel 10 — $0/month with TradeUp (essentially smartphone leasing) If you’re okay giving back your phone at the end of your term, the Pixel 10 (128GB) drops...

Québecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau met with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew in Winnipeg during Grey Cup week to discuss Quebecor’s plans in the province, including Freedom Mobile’s upcoming wireless network build-out and potential collaboration in the TV production sector. The two talked about Freedom’s plans to start rolling out its network in Winnipeg before expanding...

Videotron’s prepaid brand, Fizz, looks to be launching 5G wireless plans soon. The Fizz website, when loading, shows a tab for “5G Network” next to the existing “4G LTE Network”. The 5G Network tab shows, then disappears. You also see a “5G” icon next to the 4G plans as well. It will be interesting how...

A Winnipeg business owner says canceling his Rogers business internet should’ve been quick, but it dragged out for weeks and turned into a total headache. Anil Sedha tried to start the process online, but the cancel button didn’t work. When he turned to the chatbot, it told him the only way out was to call...

If you recently ditched Rogers, get ready for the company to possibly be reaching out with a ‘winback’ offer, essentially a sweetheart deal to lure you back to the company. Some people are getting calls from Rogers with a pretty wild winback offer: 200GB of 5G/5G+ data for $45 a month, and it works with...