Rogers

We've covered how the Nokia Lumia 920 would fare against the iPhone 5 and also looked at camera shootouts involving the next big phone from the Finnish company. This latest Windows Phone 8 device is set to challenge the iPhone 5 with its impressive camera and video capabilities. Today, Nokia and Rogers announced the latter...

Looks like Rogers has started a new promo called "Get a gig on us", where the following $63/$73 monthly plans get an extra 1GB of data at no extra charge, notes MobileSyrup: $73 4GB Promotional Voice and Data Plan: - 200 anytime minutes (local) - Evenings and weekends starting at 6PM - Unlimited text, picture...

Just over a couple weeks ago Rogers announced more Canadian cities would get LTE on October 1st, which is today (what happened to September?). Here are the cities where LTE should now be live: British Columbia: Victoria, Abbotsford, Kelowna Alberta: Edmonton Saskatchewan: Saskatoon and Regina Ontario: St. Catharines/Niagara, Oshawa/Pickering/Ajax, Windsor, Sudbury, Kingston, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, London, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge...

If you're about to do a hardware upgrade to the iPhone 5, Rogers is waiving the activation fee for this weekend only. Here's what they emailed us to share with you all: From September 28 until midnight on September 30, Rogers will waive the activation or administration fee on all consumer and small business activations or hardware...

Rogers debuted an exclusive service for its customers back in February called Rogers One Number, that allows users to make free calls, exchange pictures and text messages with other Rogers One Number users, all from a computer using their existing phone numbers. Today, Rogers has announced that the service is now compatible with any regular home phone as well as the...

Canadian Competition Bureau has concluded its 5 month investigation today regarding misleading advertisements from carriers who claim to be offering “premium texting services” and has announced that is suing Rogers, Telus and Bell, along with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association over it for $31 million (via Mobile Syrup). The Competition Bureau is suing the three carriers...

With Rogers iPhone 5 reservations beginning today, the company has just announced a new offer regarding the Rogers Reservation System for iPhone 5 and other smartphones. According to the offer, the Rogers guarantees that customers placing pre-orders will get their devices within 14 days of that device launching, or they’ll give them $50. Here are the...

With Apple widely expected to announce an new iPhone tomorrow, most people are expecting support for LTE data networks as well announcing the iPhone 5 with LTE, it seems like a good time to summarize what sort of LTE coverage Canadians can expect from the major cellular network providers at this point in time. Bell Bell...

Customers on existing Rogers 3G data plans looking to switch over to LTE will be required to use an LTE SIM card to surf at the higher speeds, if their device supports LTE. Rogers informs us all existing 3G data plans will be LTE-enabled by the end of September (at no extra charge). It is...

Last year on September 23rd, Rogers sent out text messages speculating the next iPhone's arrival by notifying customers they could be the "first in line for Canada for the next iPhone," via the Rogers Reservation System, launched last May. Four days later, Apple confirmed their "Let's talk iPhone" media event to announce the iPhone 4S. Two...

Rogers has introduced a new promotion for students in time for back to school. Any new activation on a 3 year voice and data plan will save you $120 for the first year ($10/month essentially) and unlimited data for the first three months 'for a limited time' we're told. Requirements? A minimum $53 monthly voice...

Yesterday we heard early reports about Rogers acquiring theScore, and today it has become official. The official press release notes Rogers paid $167 million for theScore TV network: "We continue to pursue opportunities to engage, expand and enhance the experience for sports fans. Rogers Media is on a growth trajectory and this builds on our...