Rogers

Earlier you heard about Rogers offering voice and data plans on monthly terms. It appears there's now another promotion for the holidays, the 8GB iPhone 4 is now free on a 3 year contract from December 17th to January 10th, 2012. Here are the eligibility requirements: 3 year contract Minimum monthly service fee of $45...

Normally Rogers voice and data plans require users to sign on up to 1-3 year contracts but that has now changed. A new memo released by Rogers reads: (via MobileSyrup) Rogers is pleased to announce that all Voice and Data plans are now available on monthly as well as 3 year terms! Customers can now...

This morning Rogers' new beta service "One Number" has gone live. We first mentioned One Number on Monday when many of the features could not be accessed. Today it looks to be fully functional. Testing the service, I was able to text and talk from my personal computer using my wireless number. I was even able...

Rogers will be launching an interesting an innovative service later this month. Dubbed Rogers One, the service allows customers to use their existing Rogers wireless number to text, email, and talk from a computer. A summary of the full feature list includes: Text and Talk from your personal computer using your wireless number Manage emails...

Via Twitter handle RogersBuzz, Roger's has posted a coupon for iPhone 4 and Blackberry Torch skin kits. The coupon discounts iPhone skins to just $5, which is significantly lower than the regular retail price. As a sign of the times, the coupon is meant to be presented on your mobile device upon check out. It expires Thursday, December 15...

Rogers has offered some new promos for the holiday season to help sales agents 'activate new customers'. For contracts of 1, 2, or 3 years, users will be eligible to receive: - Free incoming calls for 1 year - First month free calls, no GRRF/MSF for the first month - MY10 Voice and Data promo...

Prior to the iPhone 4S announcement, Rogers informed customers about the option to pre-order the device through their online reservations system. Devices would be available on a first-come, first-serve basis dependent on stock, and emails would be dispatched to customers informing them when they could pick up their phone. The reservations system resulted in long...

Update 1: Here is what the 'Big 3' have to say about Carrier IQ: Bell says it does not “install or support Carrier IQ or similar programs,” Rogers tweeted “we have investigated and Carrier IQ is not on any of our devices,” and Telus says “it's not something we've installed on any of our devices...

Looks like once again Rogers has reintroduced its 6GB data plan promo (how long until Telus and Bell follow suit?). This time around, the $30 plan is being 'extended' to early LTE adopters, along with new and existing customers. A LTE-capable iPhone isn't here yet (apparently due to LTE modem size constraints) but rumoured to be...

Turns out Rogers is officially the world's worst internet throttler based on research derived from the initiative known as the Measurement Lab (MLab), backed by Google. Results of the study reveal that based out of all the internet providers on earth, Rogers throttles internet more than any other ISP out there, notes TorrentFreak. As we've...

Roger’s latest quarterly report notes that they “activated and upgraded approximately 609,000 smartphones” that were “predominantly iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices." It's not all good news, as the report goes on to note that Rogers added 74,000 new subscribers to its post-paid operations, which is a significant drop from 108,000 added in the previous quarter....

During Apple's 'Let's talk iPhone' event, the company explained the iPhone 4S would feature 2X faster downloads compared to the iPhone 4. Maximum data speeds on HSDPA networks showed the iPhone 4S with a theoretical 14.4Mbps download versus 7.2Mbps on the iPhone 4 (images via Engadget):   Are these claims accurate, and are they noticeable...