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Fido's website has another voice promo plan available, this time for $30. The plan is listed under its Standard Plans page and includes the following: Unlimited SMS/MMS Unlimited International SMS/MMS 200 anytime minutes Unlimited 5PM evenings and weekends Unlimited Canada-wide long distance Mini Voicemail (up to 3 messages of 3 minutes each, saved up to...

WIND Mobile has announced a deal where its parent company Orascom Telecom will own an indirect 99.3% interest in the company, making it the first fully foreign-owned wireless carrier in Canada. Industry Canada recently removed restrictions for foreign investment for telecoms with less than 10 percent market share. Orascom is backed by its parent company,...

Northwestel has announced its modernization plans to spend $233 million over five years to expand its wireless, DSL and cable infrastructure to northern communities: “We have developed a modernization plan that delivers for our communities,” said Paul Flaherty, President and Chief Executive Officer at Northwestel. “In addition to supplying more northern communities with enhanced services,...

The Financial Post details the business moves made by Rogers CEO, Nadir Mohamed, and how his key decisions have affected the company, since he took up the position four years ago. Recently, Rogers announced it had made a $700 million deal with Shaw to acquire Mountain Cablevision and the latter's unused wireless spectrum (Rogers also...

Rogers has announced it has become the first carrier in North America to offer LTE roaming to its customers. The bilateral LTE roaming agreement has led to a partnership with 3 Hong Kong, enabling Rogers customers traveling to the city with a 2600MHz device to roam on LTE: “Rogers was the first carrier to launch...

It appears Virgin Mobile is set to revamp their monthly plans next week starting next week according to MobileSyrup, which notes they will three tiered "Rockstar Plans" appropriately named Silver, Gold and Platinum: The Silver plans are equivalent to the basic “Choice” talk & text plans ($20-$45/month) and will see $150 off any phone. The...

TELUS has started to offer the iPhone 4 for $0 on…get ready for it…a two year contract, instead of three. Available in both white or black, 8GB models are available for free on two year terms with a minimum spend of $50 per month. Rogers and Bell are still offering the iPhone 4 for $0...

According to a report by the The Globe and Mail, Rogers is set to acquire Shaw's AWS wireless spectrum in 2014 as part of a $700 million deal. The latter will also include Shaw's Mountain Cablevision, based in Ontario. Rogers says the agreement with Shaw is to secure an option to purchase the Calgary company’s...

Rogers has launched a new program to help consumers get better informed with their tech knowledge, called Tech Essentials. The new site is a collaboration with non-profit MediaSmarts and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection to further enhance safe technology use for consumers. The new website contains a chockfull of handy information for those looking...

2013 looks to be the year wireless competition could continue to heat up in Canada. The upcoming auction for the coveted 700MHz wireless spectrum brings some advantages to our new wireless entrants WIND Mobile, Mobilicity and Public Mobile, which looks to turn the heat up on incumbents Rogers, TELUS and Bell. According to Peter Nowak,...

A couple days ago the added extras to Fido's $57 unlimited plan expired--the 1GB of extra data and $1 off. Some of you procrastinators missed out but you're in luck because this morning Fido brought them back, as their website reflects the change: The reason for the return of these promos? Probably because rivals Koodo...

Fido's $57 unlimited plan previously had an extra 1GB of data and $1 off, plus the first month free. Those promotional "extras" toward this promo plan have expired as of yesterday, but the plan in its original form is still ongoing. As for the same plan that is eligible for three year terms (which means...