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With just one year to go until the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Canadian soccer fans are still being shut out from watching their own teams on cable TV—despite a clear ruling from the CRTC. At the heart of the issue is OneSoccer, the subscription-based streaming service that holds broadcasting rights to Canadian national team games,...

Good morning and Happy Canada Day, y'all! Telus-owned Public Mobile updated its website on Monday morning to add expiry dates for select 4G and 5G plans. Currently, some promo plans already have “limited time” labels, but now some have gained a specific end date of July 2, 2025. Here are Public Mobile’s 4G plans: $19/1GB...

Telus-owned Public Mobile has started informing customers that upcoming network upgrades could affect their service. In texts sent out this week seen by iPhone in Canada, the company warned that starting June 3, some users may experience a loss of connectivity or degraded signal quality due to infrastructure changes. To help customers stay connected, Public...

Rogers customers who haven’t switched from the company’s aging 3G network by June 30, 2025, could soon face a one-time $75 fee on top of an existing $3 monthly charge. The $3 Legacy Network Usage fee (announced in April) will apply users who continue to rely on 2G or 3G connections. Now, an updated Rogers...

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Rogers over regulated mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) rates, marking a win for Quebecor in a long-running dispute before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). In a unanimous decision delivered from the bench on May 28, 2025, the court upheld the CRTC’s selection of...

Bell has launched what it calls Bell AI Fabric, a major investment to build Canada’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) compute network. The project starts with six hydro-powered data centres in British Columbia, aimed at giving Canadian companies and researchers a boost in the global AI race. The first data centre will open in Kamloops in...

Telus says it plans to invest $70 billion in Canada through 2029, aiming to boost network infrastructure, support the nation’s AI ambitions, and spur economic growth. The telecom giant says its five-year plan includes expanding its PureFibre internet service to more homes and businesses, while also upgrading 5G and LTE services at over 500 sites...

The nation’s largest private sector union is calling on the CRTC to step up and protect local news, warning that the country’s media landscape is in crisis and urgently needs stronger regulations for foreign streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+. On the final day of hearings on Tuesday related to the future of Canadian content,...

Telus continues to tweak its wireless plans page, this time changing which plans get the fastest 5G+ download speeds, now again showing as up to 2Gbps. Just last week, the following plans from Telus had 5G+ download speeds only up to 1Gbps. But today, Telus updated this to show up to 2Gbps speeds for its...

Canada’s four biggest telecoms—Rogers, Bell, Telus, and Quebecor—are carrying more than $100-billion in long-term debt, a 5x increase from two decades ago. That debt, according to data from S&P Capital IQ, reports the Globe and Mail, was once seen as a strategic tool for funding infrastructure and acquisitions, but is now being viewed as a...

Bell Media has released what's new on its streaming service Crave for June 2025. Here are some highlights coming to Crave. On June 1, HBO debuts The Mortician, a true-crime docuseries about a funeral home’s shocking descent into exploitation. June 2 brings It’s All Gonna Break, a Crave Original documentary exploring Toronto’s indie music scene...

After Telus launched a 25th anniversary sale this week, which included a 25GB data bonus on its wireless plans, rivals Rogers and Bell have followed suit on the celebrations it seems. Both websites of Rogers and Bell have been updated other now include 25GB of bonus data on their wireless plans. Bell added this on...