Carriers

Rogers has made some changes to its value pack add ons for smartphone customers including those with the iPhone. The website now shows the following iPhone value pack for $5 per month: Name Display Visual Voicemail Plus Unlimited U.S. & International Text Messages WhoCalled™ Do note that Name Display only shows the name of callers,...

TELUS on Friday announced the official launch of their 4G LTE network in Salmon Arm, part of a $600,000 investment and overall $3 billion the company is investing in new facilities and infrastructure in BC until 2014: “TELUS is committed to providing the best service to our customers, and that includes offering people in Salmon...

It appears Bell is set to change its cancellation policy to move in line with carriers such as Rogers and TELUS, as described within internal documents, reports MobileSyrup. Bell customers looking to cancel will have to pay remaining handset subsidies, known as the Service Agreement Price Adjustment (SAPA), on their contract. The formula is similar to...

Rogers has announced it will offer a new pay-per-use U.S. roaming data plan for travellers this spring, which aims to "revolutionize" roaming rates. Customers will be able to get 50MB of data for $7.99 to use in a 24 hour period, which the company stresses is good to "view approximately 50 maps, 200 web pages,...

Rogers has announced today it will be changing its unlocking policy. Starting in March, they will unlock devices 90 days after activation; previously customers had to wait until the end of their contracts to do so. For those that purchase smartphones at full price they will unlock devices immediately. Both scenarios will cost customers $50...

Rogers has announced the BlackBerry Z10 launch was their most successful BlackBerry debut in their history. Here are some other stats they sent to us: We have sold more BlackBerry smartphones on February 5th 2013 than any other day in Rogers history (Rogers was the first carrier to launch BlackBerry services in 1999). Rogers BlackBerry...

Fido has introduced a new $40 per month promo plan that offers the following: Unlimited SMS/MMS, both local and international 150 day time minutes Unlimited 5pm evenings and weekends Unlimited Canada-wide long distance Call display, mini voicemail (up to 3 messages of 3 minutes each, saved up to 3 days) 200MB of data Fido also recently...

The Competition Bureau has submitted its suggestions to the CRTC in its demand for feedback regarding the draft wireless code, published late Wednesday: The Bureau believes that discouraging the creation of switching costs that tend to reduce customer mobility, and effectively encouraging the provision of sufficient information to enable informed consumer choice, will allow Canadians...

Okay, maybe not the best iPhone giveaway but today marks the official retail launch of the latest BlackBerry Z10 and you're going to get a chance to win one from iPhoneinCanada.ca, thanks to our friends @TELUS. We think the iPhone of course blows the BlackBerry Z10 out of the water (we've been testing one since...

Rogers plans to introduce new monthly wireless plans tomorrow, according to this thread over at RedFlagDeals. The changes will see a $5/month increase to existing monthly plans, but the extra cost brings with it caller ID and voicemail to monthly packages. Current plans on the Rogers website are priced at $45, $50, $65, $70 and $95...

For those with family members on WIND Mobile, the company has announced today new unlimited rate plans ranging from $20-40. Mirko Rugarli, WIND's Chief Marketing Officer says these new plans have more features and "give Canadians the value, simplicity and savings they want." Below are the new plans: WIND 20: Unlimited Talk + Text for $20,...

At the end of January the CRTC launched its draft wireless code and asked the Canadian public for its feedback. Exactly one week later, out of the top 10 'liked' comments in English, 9 of those comments are related to three year wireless contracts, which aren't mentioned within the draft wireless code. The top comment...