Carriers

Two days after Virgin Plus dropped its $45 CAD per month 20GB plan, the Bell-owned flanker brand has put it back on sale. The $45/20GB bring-your-own-device plan is listed again on Virgin Plus's website, this time carrying the note: "New activations only. Price includes $10/mo. Autopay credit. Offer ends October 13". Virgin Plus quietly removed...

A Rogers customer in Sudbury, Ontario, says she is still facing nearly $17,000 in charges after falling victim to a phone-return scam involving fraudsters pretending to work for the wireless carrier. According to CTV News (which is owned by Rogers rival Bell Media), Joanne Landry was considering switching carriers when she received a call from...

Rogers and Telus have quietly increased prices on their wireless plans by $5 per month, following similar increases from Bell earlier this week. All three of Canada's biggest carriers have now raised prices just ahead of Black Friday next month. According to checks by iPhone in Canada on Friday, Rogers and Telus have increased prices...

Rogers-owned Chatr and Bell-owned Lucky Mobile are removing cheaper prepaid plans this week, leaving Canadians with fewer options under $25 per month. Chatr has replaced its $21/1GB plan with a $22 talk-and-text plan that includes 500MB with auto-pay. Without automatic payments, there’s no data included. That’s $1 more per month for half the data. The...

Bell has conditional deals to buy about 895 acres around its AI data centre south of Regina, room for up to nine more buildings and a 1.2-gigawatt campus.

Bell has introduced the ahlo 2, the second generation of its exclusive house-brand smartphone line. The budget phone costs $335 CAD outright or from $10 CAD per month on SmartPay financing. It's available only from Bell, Virgin Plus and participating retailers. Compared with the first model, the ahlo 2 has a larger 6.9-inch display, an...

Nearly one week into October, we're seeing a price increase from one of the country's big telecoms. Bell on Tuesday updated its bring your own phone plan pricing, according to checks by iPhone in Canada. Prices have increased by $5 to $10 depending on the plan: $70/60GB (was $60) Essential $75/100GB (was $70) Canada-US (SD...

Public Mobile has updated its plans on Tuesday to officially mark the end of its back-to-school promo plans. We told you the company had updated its website to statement the promo plans were ending on October 5. One day later and the new changes are finally here: $22/1GB 4G $24/5GB 4G $28/10GB 4G $30/35GB 4G...

Telus and AST SpaceMobile have completed their first satellite-to-smartphone integration test on the Telus network, a step toward bringing mobile service to parts of Canada that remain outside traditional cellular coverage. The test showed that standard smartphones could connect through AST SpaceMobile’s satellite network for broadband data, voice calls and text messaging. Telus says the...

Rogers' online device shipping fee is back to $25 CAD as of October 5, 2026, ending a limited-time $9 CAD offer. In-store pickup remains free.

Public Mobile overhauled its lineup for October 2026 while Lucky, Chatr and Fizz held steady. Here is the full prepaid picture.

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