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A Koodo customer in Quebec managed to lock in one of the more jaw-dropping phone plans we've seen in a while: 165GB of 5G data for $20 a month, with unlimited calling and texting and data across Canada, the US, and Mexico thrown in. The deal surfaced on RFD and comes with the usual YMMV...

The legal marathon between OneSoccer and Rogers has come to a final whistle, with the Federal Court of Appeal delivering a decisive blow to the telecom giant. In a ruling released this on May 11, the court dismissed Rogers' appeal of a 2023 CRTC decision, which found that the company had acted unfairly by refusing...

Rogers says has put $22 million into upgrading its 5G network at and around BMO Field ahead of the FIFA World Cup, with a crew of 30 spending close to 40,000 hours on the planning and installation work. The upgrades include enhancements to the in-stadium wireless system that Rogers said on Thursday is equivalent to...

Quebecor had a pretty good start to 2026. Wireless growth and mobile revenue did the heavy lifting across its Videotron, Freedom Mobile and Fizz brands. The company added 28,800 new wireless connections in the first three months of the year, bringing its total gains over the past 12 months to nearly 287,000 lines, a 6.9%...

Fizz Mobile is surprising some of its members with a massive data giveaway, and it came with no explanation other than the company feeling like treating its community. Emails started going out this morning to select customers announcing the drop. For those getting the full amount, 100 GB is being split into two deliveries: the...

Indigenous tech startup wâsikan kisewâtisiwin has teamed up with Telus to test an AI tool built to address how Indigenous Peoples are represented in writing. Telus is the first company to beta test the technology, with thousands of employees now using the platform to help sharpen its accuracy. The tool scans documents for colonial framing,...

The federal government is dropping more than $73 million of taxpayer funds toward high-speed internet in rural New Brunswick, with Rogers and Xplore splitting the work. Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State for Rural Development, made the announcement Wednesday in Keswick Ridge. The funding is meant to connect over 27,600 homes across more than 500 communities,...

Bell has taken the top spot among Canadian telecom brands this year. According to the 2026 Brand Finance Telecoms 150 and Global 500 rankings, the Montreal-based carrier jumped from 20th place globally in 2025 to 15th in 2026, putting it ahead of its domestic rivals. Telus slipped one spot, dropping from 15th to 16th, while...

Telus-owned prepaid brand Public Mobile has tweaked its plans again, as expected. Last week we told you its entry plan was set to see reduced data due to the end of a promo today, and that happened as expected. Here are Public Mobile’s plans as of May 12, 2026: $22 talk and text 4G $25/3GB...

Last month, as part of Bell’s ongoing price changes to its wireless plans, it added HD video streaming to its entry $60 and $65 Lite and Select plans. To start off May, Bell also added data caps to its roaming plans. Fast forward to today, and now we’re seeing some changes go backwards. $60/60GB $65/100GB...

Quebecor isn't getting its money back from Bell, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The CRTC ruled Monday against Quebecor's bid to recover millions in wholesale wireless fees, drawing a definitive line under one of the more contentious disputes to hit Canada's wireless industry in recent years. The fight was about Mobile...

The federal government and Telus are teaming up to build a major AI data centre in British Columbia, part of a push to make sure Canada has its own computing muscle rather than leaning on foreign infrastructure. The idea is straightforward: keep Canadian data and intellectual property on Canadian soil. As demand for AI processing...