Carriers

Are you a Bell customer in BC? If you are, you should check your cellphone bill as customers in the Okanagan as Bell wireless customers have been charged for phantom long distance calls, according to the CBC: Since May, Kelowna resident Amy Johnston has been receiving cell phone bills with small inconsistencies. "On my cell...

This week, Virgin Mobile has launched a new promotion that gives customers free 5PM early evenings. The bonus is available when new customers activate service on the select plans listed below: myPlans Nationwide Calling Plans All new activations will automatically have the 5PM Early Evening Calling bonus automatically added upon activation. Note that this offer...

Rogers released their 2011 Q2 earnings, and noted a 9% drop in profits due to increased competition, but beat expectations as revenues rose. Net income for Q2 was $410 million ($452 million in the year ago quarter), and revenue came in at $3.12 billion, a 3% increase from the year ago quarter. “Rogers delivered a...

This week, Fido completed another update, just minor bug fixes, to their free "My Account" iPhone application. Oddly enough, there is still no Retina Display support for the iPhone 4. The "My Account" app enables Fido customers to view the amount of minutes, data and messages that they have used so far in the month,...

A while back, we posted a few posts regarding the UBB date, which had people passionate about internet caps. Let's take a look at a few recent changes we've seen from the carriers here, specifically Rogers, Shaw, and Teksavvy. Rogers posted an update regarding internet caps today on its Redboard blog. They have modified some...

Telus has announced they've partnered with Rdio to enable users to subscribe via their existing Telus accounts. What is Rdio? It's a subscription streaming music service that offers unlimited access to songs and albums, with zero ads. New albums are available to Rdio subscribers the day they are released, and music can be streamed to...

Looks like Telus has expanded their data plan offers and have launched three new prepaid data plans. The three new add-ons are available without a contract to prepaid customers. So if you have an iPhone, for example, and no contract (purchased iPhone outright at Apple?) with Telus and instead use prepaid, you can now add...

Today Rogers launched their new LTE network in Ottawa, the first of many cities to receive the new high-speed upgrade. LTE, or Long Term Evolution, delivers higher speeds than Rogers' current HSPA+ network. LTE further delivers increased usage capacity which means more users can access the Rogers LTE network at top speeds simultaneously. Ottawa is...

Last month, Koodo, a wireless subsidiary of Telus, added the iPhone 4 to their device lineup. At the time, the iPhone 4 was only available to a select number of Koodo stores across Vancouver and Toronto. This week, Koodo has posted to their website that the iPhone 4 will be available at all Koodo locations...

In late June, we reported Quebec's Videotron launched a $30/month 6GB data plan. Such data plans originally popped up from the 'Big 3' carriers as 'limited promotions' during the times of available iPhone upgrades. For those unaware, the first introduction of the 6GB plan was back in 2008 when consumers dismissed Rogers' initial iPhone data...

Over the weekend, the Bell Mobility Self Serve app for iPhone was updated to enable customers to view and manage their Fab contacts. For those that are unaware, the Bell Mobility Self Serve app is an iPhone app that allows Bell customers to view and manage their account. The app is similar to the Rogers/Fido...

For Saskatchewan residents looking for service with an iPhone, Telus has a competing promotional offer to combat some of the SaskTel offers: Voice & Data $55 Minutes: 200 daytime Evenings/Weekends: Unlimited @ 6PM Data: 5GB Promotions: Unlimited Text/Picture/Video messages, My10 Nationwide, Free Voicemail 3 This plan is basically the same Telus plan offered to the...