Carriers

Fido Drops $57 ‘Unlimited’ Plan by a Dollar, Now $56

The $57 Fido promotional plan just keeps getting better. Originally set to expired in December, the plan was extended to January 7th. Then, Fido responded to its competitors and doubled the data to 2GB. Now, Fido has dropped the price by a whole dollar to $56, a move to put their plan above similar offerings...

Bell Offers $55 ‘Unlimited’ Plan with 5GB Data to Saskatchewan

A week ago we told you about the TELUS offer to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, a $60 Canada-wide unlimited plan with 5GB of data. Now it appears Bell has responded with a similar plan in Saskatchewan. The plan name is called "Saskatchewan Voice and Data" and includes: Unlimited Canada-wide calling Unlimited SMS/MMS 5GB of shareable data...

SaskTel to Offer iPhone Unlocking in Q1 2013 says Report

For SaskTel customers, it appears you will soon be able to unlock your cellphone for $50 at any point in your contract as long as your account is in good standing, according to documents obtained by MobileSyrup. The unlock policy applies to all devices, but the document states an iPhone unlock won't come until Q1...

TELUS Launches 4G LTE Network in St. John’s

TELUS has announced the official launch of their 4G LTE network in St. John's, part of their $8.4 million investment in Atlantic Canada over the next three years. More communities in the area are expected to get LTE by the end of 2012 as well: “TELUS is committed to offering the best customer experience and...

TELUS Launches 4G LTE Network in Brantford

TELUS has announced the launch of its 4G LTE network in Brantford, part of its ongoing $650 million investment in Ontario over the next three years: “TELUS is committed to offering the best customer experience and launching our 4G LTE service in Brantford is an excellent example of how we’re doing that,” said Darryl Hutton,...

TELUS Offers $60 Canada-Wide Unlimited Plan with 5GB Data to MB and SK

TELUS has offered a $60/month Canada-wide unlimited plan with 5GB of data to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Here's what's included: Unlimited nationwide calling 5GB of shareable data Unlimited SMS/MMS Caller ID, Voicemail 3, Call waiting, Conference calling (iPhone visual voicemail is $5/month extra) $60/month Additionally, a similar plan is available for $55/month but it only includes...

Koodo Price Matches Fido and Virgin, Lowers $60 Promo Plan to $57

Almost a week ago Koodo introduced new Canada-wide promo plans that included double the data of what competitors Fido and Virgin Mobile were offering. The only difference was the Koodo unlimited plan was $60 compared to the $57 offering by Fido and Virgin Mobile (both quickly doubled data to 2GB to match Koodo). Now, MobileSyrup...
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Survey: Canadians Would Give up Coffee, Video Games and TV Before Smartphone

According to a new survey, Canadians are more addicted to our smartphones than we think. WIND Mobile conducted the national survey on November 21-22 (from 1501 Angus Reid Forum panel members) and here is what they discovered from cellphone owners aged 18-34, on what they would give up before their smartphones: 37% of say they would...

Fido Launches $67 ‘Unlimited’ Promo Plan for the iPhone 5

You have heard about Fido's popular $57 unlimited plan (it now includes 2GB of data), which is only good for customers on monthly or 2 year terms. It meant the iPhone 5 was excluded since a three year term is required for the latest iPhone on a subsidized price. But that has now changed. Available today...

Early Fido $57 Unlimited Plan Adopters Must Contact Fido for 2GB Update

If you happened to jump on Fido's popular $57 unlimited promo plan (recently extended to Jan. 2013) before Friday's update which upped the data plan to 2GB, you will be required to contact Fido to get that additional gigabyte added to your plan. Fido's data bucket increased when Koodo added 2GB to their similar unlimited...

Bell and Virgin iPhone Unlocking Starts Today for $75

As we first suspected almost a week ago, Bell was set to start unlocking iPhones for the first time starting today, and that has been confirmed according to an internal memo obtained by MobileSyrup. Both Bell and Virgin Mobile will start unlocking the iPhone but there are some requirements before you will be eligible: You must...