TELUS has filed a lawsuit against new wireless entrant Mobilicity alleging a TV ad aired by the latter is "false and misleading", according to a notice of civil claim filed with the Supreme Court of British Columbia filed on December 7th. TELUS alleges a Mobilicity ad spot contains three "misrepresentations" that damages its brand and that...
On the weekend, Fido dropped their $57 unlimited promo plan by a dollar to $56. Virgin Mobile quickly followed and matched Fido, and now TELUS has let us know Koodo has done the same, as noted on their Canada-wide promo plans page: Earlier, we also noted Fido's $67 unlimited plan also was updated to include...
Bell is stepping up its game to target existing MTS customers in Manitoba to switch over by offering a free iPhone 5, reports the Winnipeg Free Press. Wade Oosterman, president of Bell Mobility, says this is the time for their company to try to win over customers in Manitoba: "Over our history there was connections...
Rogers CEO Nazir Mohamed, speaking to investors at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York last Tuesday, told the crowd the company is seeing a turnaround in growth as users consume more data thanks to smartphone adoption and a lessening impact from smaller wireless entrants. Mohamed noted “clearly, the business has had an...
According to the CBC, the CRTC commission created to hear input from Canadians on setting up a wireless code has only resulted in over 500 responses from a pool of 27 million cellphone users: The commission is expected to issue a draft code by the end of next month, after which a second round of...
Earlier Fido dropped their $57 unlimited plan by a dollar to $56, and now it looks like Virgin Mobile has done the same to their existing $57 plan, reports MobileSyrup. According to an internal memo it reads: Starting Saturday, December 8th until store close on Monday, December 31st, our Choice 57 plan has become our Choice...
Last week we told you about Fido's $67 plan that was eligible for a three year term with the iPhone 5. The plan essentially matched the $56 (formerly $57) promo plan but only had 1000 outgoing Canada-wide minutes. Well, that has changed as of today. Fido has just modified the plan to include unlimited outgoing...
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...
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...
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 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 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,...
