Carriers

Bell has announced new unlimited text, picture and video messaging plans, conveniently on the same day Rogers made their 'simplified pricing' plans official, but these will become available on November 9th. Check out these plans--they look eerily familiar: Bell's new plans all include unlimited text, picture and video messaging: $55/month 1000 minutes, 200 MB broadband...

Rogers has officially announced their new 'Simplified Pricing' plans on the Rogers Redboard. These plans were leaked early on the web and detailed yesterday: That’s why today, we are introducing new plans that better reflect how our customers are using their devices in 2012 and into the future. We’ve redesigned and simplified our price plans...

Less than a week ago word leaked Rogers was set to announce new 'Simplified Pricing' plans that featured unlimited talk, text and various data buckets. The exact pricing for these plans have been revealed as noted by MobileSyrup, which says there are 7 plans in total. There are 3 talk and text plans that come with...

TELUS has sent out an email blast to its customers notifying them the 16GB iPhone 4S is currently free on a three year term until November 11th. This model regularly retails for $79 on a three year term. You can bet Rogers and Bell will try to match this promo. The promo requires a $50/month...

Almost three years ago Rogers and Fido released their My Account iPhone app to allow customers to check account balances, track wireless voice and data usage and change My5 or My10 numbers. The apps require a data connection to authenticate your account, but lately it appears both apps are not working for customers, giving messages...

Canadians love to communicate via text messages--a week ago the CWTA reported we sent over 24 billion of them in Q2 of 2012. This is also become the new norm for flirting and dating, according to Virgin Mobile and their recent study detailing "textiquette". LedgerWeb asked over 1000 Canadians in an online panel about their...

Rogers and CIBC have proudly announced they have performed the first mobile credit card transaction (via Rogers suretap) in Canada using a mobile credit card tied to an NFC-enabled BlackBerry, demonstrated at Tim Hortons with the help of Olympian Simon Whitfield. "We're pleased to make history in mobile commerce in Canada by completing the country's...

Yesterday U.S. carriers turned on their cellphone databases for stolen cellphones, something Canada will yet to have anytime soon:  "The goal is to not only protect the consumer by cancelling the service, but by ultimately protecting the consumer by drying up the after market for stolen phones," said Chris Guttman-McCabe, vice president of regulatory affairs...

This deal was available in late September, but it's still kicking around as a 'hot deal'. TELUS has 'refreshed' 16GB iPhone 4S units available for $349 in either black or white--contract free. What makes this deal slightly warm is these RFD'ers point out numerous iPhone unlocks on eBay will do the job for roughly $60...

Looks like Rogers has some new unlimited talk, text and 'internet' (their new term for data) plans coming, which they are detailed under a new term "Simplified Pricing", notes MobileSyrup. You can check out the 1GB, 3GB and 5GB plans below that all come with unlimited talk and text: Talk, Text & Internet 1GB:- Unlimited...

TELUS has announced the launch of its 4G LTE network in Newmarket and Aurora (with more areas following in the coming months such as Niagara region, Oshawa, Whitby, Brantford and Leamington), part of the company's $280 million investment in the GTA over the next three years: “TELUS is committed to offering the best customer experience...

Over at the Fido Technical Community forums, the moderators there have concluded the widespread bug in iOS 6 related to data usage while being on Wi-Fi doesn't exist, as the team is unable to pinpoint the problem: Hi everyone, Fido has confirmed that there is no issue. The data issues (where Wi-Fi connected phones are...