Carriers

Bell Media’s Crave has launched a promotion ahead of Black Friday. The deal is similar to what we saw earlier year, offering discounts on annual pricing. Crave is the home of HBO in Canada. Crave is offering the following annual plans for 40% off—but only for your first year: Premium: $130/year (regular $220/year) 4 streams...

Eastlink has bought Sudbury, Ontario-based Sunwire's home internet, TV, and phone services, expanding its reach in the province, effective November 1, 2024. The company’s website explains to customers, "For the time being, nothing will change, including your price. We are working closely with Sunwire to make the transition as seamless as possible and will be...

Back in August, we told you about Rogers increasing the rental price of its Ignite TV boxes. Further backlash over that Rogers story expanded when CBC News covered the price increases last month. Now, in a follow up, CBC News says it has receive "hundreds of emails”, from customers of Rogers, Telus and Bell, fed...

Bell is set to buy U.S. fiber internet provider Ziply Fiber for around $5 billion CAD (U.S. $3.65 billion) to expand its network in the United States. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2025, will add 1.3 million fiber connections in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, pushing Bell's North American reach to...

Last week we told you about Quebecor’s Fizz giving away free mobile data to select customers, in the form of 40GB (two 20GB perks). Now, it appears Fizz is giving away more than 40 GB of data for free—actually, 100 GB total. Fizz sent an email to customers on Friday afternoon, detailing 100GB, “to you...

After Apple released iOS 18.1 this week, some Koodo customers lost Rich Communications Services (RCS) support on their iPhones. Koodo told iPhone in Canada at the time they were working on a fix. Now, it appears a fix is rolling out with a new Koodo carrier update. According to Aaron, MacRumors contributor, he spotted a...

Bell has increased the price of select 5G plans on November 1, 2024. According to changes on its website today, entry 5G plans have increased in price by $5 per month. This comes ahead of Black Friday, where most carriers bring on cellphone deals. Bell’s wireless pricing as of today, can be seen below. It’s...

Last week, we told you Telus-owned Public Mobile had debuted a new $36/50GB 5G Canada-US plan, ahead of Black Friday. At the time, this promo plan which included 250 international long-distance minutes, was available for new and existing customers. But according to a change made on Public Mobile’s website on Friday, it has changed to...

Videotron’s Fizz looks to be in the giving mood, as it has introduced two free perks for customers in the form of mobile data. Right now, Fizz customers can find two perks available, which are 20GB of mobile data, each valid for 30 days once activated. How to activate your freebies? After you sign in...

Rogers announced in its recent third-quarter earnings a big move, that it would be selling part of its network for $7 billion. This part of the network, known as the “backhaul,” is what connects its cell towers to its main network and keeps everything running. The plan is to use the money to pay off...

Here are the latest Canadian cellphone plan and device deals, plus other promos from wireless carriers such as Rogers, Telus and Bell, from our partner PlanHub. As always, the promos and plans may change at the last minute, but here they are as of October 30, 2024. This Week's Mobile Price Drops Samsung 51% drop...

Salmon Arm city council in B.C. is debating whether to renew a Wi-Fi deal with Rogers that provides public hotspots at local sites like parks and recreation centres. While advertised as free, some councillors argue it only benefits Rogers customers. The free Wi-Fi was formerly part of Shaw, before the latter was acquired by Rogers....