Carriers

TELUS this morning has announced the expansion of its 4G LTE network in Summerside, PEI and a separate launch in North Bay, Ontario. The company notes its 4G LTE network now "covers more than 70 per cent of the Canadian population across approximately 170 markets," which works out to roughly 24 million people. Below are...

Last month Koodo offered a promo where we saw double the voice minutes and data on most plans. For this month, a similar promo now offers double the minutes only until the 30th. As you can see below their Canada-wide data plans and Canada-wide talk and text plans are showing twice as many minutes than...

Earlier in March, the Minister of Industry Christian Paradis announced plans by Ottawa to further increase wireless competition to help Canadians gain better prices and services. Part of this plan was a declaration by the Federal Government to "promote at least four wireless providers in every region of the country." Other plans included reviewing the...

Back in February, Fido introduced a 'limited time offer' on a new $40 Canada-wide calling plan that included 150 daytime minutes and 200MB of data. This morning, Fido updated its website to update this $40 plan to make it one dollar cheaper at $39/month, but also include 450 daytime minutes and 400MB of data. The...

TmoNews is reporting that T-Mobile will enable LTE support, along with a handful of other features previously not available, on unlocked iPhone 5 handsets through a software update on April 5th. The source, who appears to have gotten its hands on an internal document, notes that T-Mobile will also enable Visual Voicemail, MMS Settings and Network/Device optimisations for iPhone...

Rogers has introduced a promo where users signing a new 3 year plan with a monthly spend of $55 are eligible to receive a free Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3G ($199 value). Users who add a line to any family plan (with a minimum combined total cost of $110 for the first 2 lines) are also...

Fido this morning has introduced new Tab24 and Tab36 plans, to replace their standard 2 and 3 year term agreements. These new tab plans are similar to how the Rogers FlexTab works. The company sent us a breakdown of how it all works: Choose a smartphone with an eligible term plan – the price and...

Canadian wireless carriers have really stepped up their game today, as earlier we told you about the new upcoming Rogers Toque, set to put Google Glass to shame. Now, Virgin Mobile has announced it is proudly launching the new Mobile SmartStraw exclusively to its members. What is the Mobile SmartStraw? It allows you to taste...

Rogers has announced it will launch its own wearable technology this fall, called Rogers Toque: Well now you can – with the new Rogers Toque, coming this fall to Rogers retail locations. “Glass-é is pass-é, but wool is cool,” said Rogers Chief Hat Technology Officer Abril Foosdhay. “Through the science of science, we have reinvented...

Earlier this week T-Mobile announced they would offer an AWS version of the iPhone 5, a firmware modified version of the existing Rogers/Bell/TELUS iPhone 5 to enable AWS band support. Since AWS has always been the limiting factor for iPhones, this news changes the game when it comes to our newer wireless entrants. Mobilicity, Videotron...

Could your next real estate decision involve Rogers? It looks that way, as the Toronto Star reported last week the carrier is set to jump into the real estate business. How? It will relaunch its website Zoocasa.com in mid-May as a real estate shopping site for homebuyers. Part of this involved Rogers recently applying to...

According to a proxy filed late Thursday afternoon, it was revealed Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed will be entitled to a retirement package worth about $18.51 million when he retires from the company in January of 2014. The company announced his retirement on February 14th with a surprise after hours statement. Mohamed noted he would be...