Carriers

Earlier this week, Telus dropped the price of the 8GB iPhone 3GS to $0 on a 3-year term. Now, Virgin Mobile has similarly discounted the 8GB iPhone 3GS to $9.99 on a 3-year voice and data agreement. Purchased at a Virgin Mobile Store/Online With both Telus and Virgin discounting the iPhone 3GS, it seems the...

This week, to compete directly with Fido's new $35 Unlimited Plan, Virgin Mobile has updated their recent $35 unlimited calling plan that is now available on a 3-year contract for "Smartphones" an iPhone. The plan is available to new and existing customers. Previously, the Virgin Mobile $35 offer was not available to smartphones but now...

Update 1: Thanks to Jakub S for the email! :) Recently, Rogers/Fido completed an update to their free "My Account" iPhone applications. The "My Account" apps allow Rogers/Fido customers to view the amount of minutes, data and messages that they have used so far in the month, the amount of remaining usage for the month and...

Back in August, Telus dropped the price of the 8GB iPhone 3GS to $49 on a 3-year term. This week, Telus has again discounted the 8GB iPhone 3GS to $0.00 on a 3-year voice and data agreement. That is, if you're looking for an iPhone 3GS! Purchased at a Telus Store As the iPhone 4...

Telus has announced that they will be offering free calling and texting to Japan, to help support those affected with the disaster. Telus, which donated $100,000 to the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and UNICEF to help relief efforts for Japan and is matching fundraising efforts by its employees across Canada, said today texts and...

In keeping with the recent trend, Virgin Mobile has now rebranded its wireless network to 4G. Thus far, Telus, Bell, MTS, SaskTel, and now Virgin have rebranded themselves as 4G. Rogers/Fido have yet to join the pack. For those that have not been keeping up, the reason the Canadian carriers have been rebranding themselves to...

If you live in Eastern Canada, specifically in Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island, a Rogers dealer called "AML" has a good promotion for business customers. If you are a current or prospective business client with Rogers and are looking to set up two new lines, AML is offering a $100 activation...

Just a reminder from a report back in January 2011 that as of March 16, 2011, that's in two days, Rogers/Fido will be increasing the per-message text message rate and all non-premium message rate to $0.20 from $0.15 per sent and received message. Texts sent above the allotment included in a text plan or add-on...

Effective March 12, 2011, and until further notice, Rogers has launched their free 6PM early evening add-on for all new activations and existing customers. The 6PM early evenings calling bonus is available on the following 2 and 3-year term in-market plans: Unlimited Voice plans Unlimited Voice and Data plans Student plans Family plans All new...

In response to recent price reductions from Telus and Virgin Mobile, Rogers has launched a new $55 My10 "Competitive Response" plan. The $55 plan is not actually visible on the Rogers website, as the actual plan is the $60 Smartphone plan with a $5/month discount. Note that the $5 discount must be manually applied to...

Do you have Canada's worst cellphone bill? We've seen users rack up $37,000 via data roaming and others get hit with similar bills of $18,000 and $6000. CBC Marketplace once again called on Canadians to share their cellphone bill horror stories, and they've finally published their segment. Three bills related to Virgin, Bell, and Rogers...

In response to Telus recently reducing their promotional Smartphone plan by $5/month to $55/month, Virgin Mobile has now done the same. Effective today, Virgin Mobile has reduced their $60 Smartphone plan to $55/month. For reference, the plan is detailed below: Minutes: 200 daytime Evenings/Weekends: Unlimited @ 6PM Data: 1GB Promotions: Unlimited Text/Picture/Video messages, Unlimited International...