Carriers

For those in the market for an iPhone 3GS, or if you STILL cannot find an iPhone 4, Virgin Mobile is offering a $50 bill credit on all new 8GB iPhone 3GS activations, making the device cost $49.00 on a 3-year term. $50 Bill Credit To qualify for the credit, the following requirements must be...

This week, to compete with Fido's new $35 Unlimited Plan, Virgin Mobile has released a new unlimited calling plan that is available on a 3-year contract for an iPhone. The plan is available to new and existing customers. With the plan and a minimum $25 data plan on a 3-year contract, customers receive promotional pricing...

Last Fall, Rogers announced LTE trials in Ottawa. Today, as part of their quarterly earnings call (which had profits drop), Rogers CEO Nadir Mohammed confirmed this to investors: "We’re committed to LTE. We’re committed to deploying it and it’s going to be a multi-year deployment." What is LTE? As defined by the Rogers Redboard: LTE...

From the Globe and Mail: Rogers Communications Inc. saw profit drop by 3 per cent in the last quarter, falling short of analysts' expectations as Canada's largest wireless provider continues to suffer from a wave of new competition. As new companies such as Mobilicity and Wind Mobile continue to push in, and old rivals BCE...

In the beginning of February, Telus was preparing for a soft launch of HSPA+ (or what Telus calls 4G) in Manitoba. The soft launch was scheduled for today, and today Telus has launched the network. This new network means that for residents in the Winnipeg area, you will be able to use the many Telus...

This week, in response to Telus, Rogers has launched a new $60 Voice & Data plan. The plan is very comparable to the existing $60 Promotional Voice & Data plan from Telus, with the only exception being that Telus offers Voicemail 3 for free. Aside from that, the plan requires a 3-year new activation or...

This week, Virgin Mobile has launched a new $35 Unlimited Incoming Plus plan to compete with Koodo. Virgin's new $35 Unlimited Incoming Plus plan is almost identical to their previous $30 Unlimited Incoming plan, except that the new plan has 5pm evenings vs. 7pm and caller display. This new plan from Virgin is available on...

Today, Fido released another bombshell plan with their new $35 Unlimited City Fido plan. Some of you may remember when Fido launched a similar unlimited calling plan for $50 back in December 2010, but that plan was not available to any smartphone customers. This new $35 Unlimited CityFido Plan also temporarily replaces the existing $35...

We've covered the issue of Internet usage in Canada, along with the whole usage-based billing (UBB) debate in the following articles: Get Involved and Protest Against UBB: StoptheMeter.ca Teksavvy President Busts UBB Myths Bandwidth Costs: Canada versus the World Internet Speeds: Canada versus the World Ottawa Reverses CRTC Ruling on UBB Compared to the rest...

This week, it looks like Fido has started sending out emails to ‘loyal’ customers that give them free Canadian Long Distance calling on February 14, 2011. A portion of the Fido email states, “Let them know love has no boundaries… It’s almost Valentine’s Day and Fido wants to reward your loyalty”. I cannot even begin...

This morning, MTS announced its plans to launch the iPhone 4. On the back of that, SaskTel has now revealed that the iPhone 4 is coming soon to their network! Checking out the SaskTel homepage reveals an iPhone 4 banner with the text “coming soon”. As SaskTel continues to develop it's 3G+ network, the prospects...

Customers using MTS service in Canada may be surprised to hear that the company is planning to launch the iPhone 4 soon. MTS has already publicly announced that their HSPA+ network is going live on March 31, 2011. This network is the required infrastructure to support the iPhone 4. “MTS will launch iPhone 4 in...