Amazon Canada, Rogers, and the NHL have announced a two-year agreement to stream live Monday night NHL games exclusively on Prime Video for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. This is the NHL’s first-ever exclusive national broadcast package with a digital-only service in Canada, showcasing all national regular-season Monday night games in English. Of course, it’s...
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) has released its 2023-24 Mid-Year Report, revealing a 43% spike in customer complaints between August 1, 2023, and January 31, 2024. "This substantial increase in complaints from telecom and TV customers is concerning”, states Howard Maker, Commissioner and CEO of the CCTS, in a statement to iPhone...
Rogers is offering up some special deals for “valued” customers, through its Exclusive Offer Hotline it has created. That’s according to iPhone in Canada reader Edward, who notes an email received detailed special deals if he called in to the company. Rogers explains to customers that their needs can change, which is why the hotline...
Rogers has announced a 10-year partnership with Comcast, bringing the latter's Xfinity products and technology to Rogers customers. “Our partnership with Comcast builds on our legacy of bringing Canadians the best networks, entertainment and services in the world,” said Tony Staffieri, President and CEO, Rogers, in an issued statement on Wednesday. “Canadians want to be...
Rogers is offering up a special promo plan, targeting employees of Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario. The company has a booth set up at Terminal 1 arrivals, touting an “airport exclusive” plan that is at $50 with 120GB of data as of Monday, available for use in Canada and the U.S. This is a...
Koodo and Virgin Plus have launched a new promo plan that’s offering 75GB of 5G speed data. All flanker brands continue to keep tweaking their plans. Just last week Koodo had plans starting at $40 with 10GB data, but that has since disappeared, along with its $45/20GB, $50/40GB and $55/60GB promo plans. Virgin has eliminated...
Looks like all wireless carriers and their flanker brands are re-working their plans, and now Fido has joined the mix. Just over a week ago Fido was only showing a $34/50GB plan, but now that has been modified as two other plans are now part of the matrix. Here’s what’s available now: $34/20GB 4G $44/50GB...
Rogers-owned prepaid brand chatr has launched new plans today, offering data bonus with auto-pay. Here’s what’s available after auto-pay 4G LTE data bonuses are applied: $29/30.5GB (500MB bonus); 10GB included bonus only for 24 months $34/52GB (2GB bonus); Canada-US talk included $40/77GB (2GB bonus); Canada-US talk included The $34 and $40 plans include unlimited Canada-US...
Did you survive the total solar eclipse today? What also survived was the Rogers wireless network, which saw an increase in wireless network traffic as expected. According to Rogers, the company saw more than 600% of the network traffic it normally does in Niagara Falls, one of the popular areas in the path of totality,...
Rogers announced today its Self Protect home security solution has expanded to Western Canada (likely due to its acquisition of Shaw). The self-managed home security service lets customers manage their homes from anywhere. Self Protect offers 24/7 live video recording capabilities, with seven days of securely stored video history in the cloud. This feature allows...
The next total solar eclipse is set for April 8, and Rogers, Telus and Bell are ready ahead of the event, which is expected to put strain on cell networks in areas of complete totality, such as the Niagara Region, set to draw in one million visitors. The Niagara Region saw local authorities declare a...
The completed Rogers-Shaw merger took place exactly one year ago on April 3, and yesterday the telecom giant recapped the anniversary, sharing some milestones. "As two Canadian companies, we’ve proudly come together to invest in our economy and networks, and deliver more global innovation and more affordable services for Western Canadians,” said Rogers. The company...
