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Telus Increases Price of All 5G+ Unlimited Plans

Telus had some “promotional” plans that were set to end of July 14, and as of today, the company has increased the price of its premium 5G+ plans, which have the fastest download speeds of up to 2 Gbps. Check out the changes below: $35 talk and text $65/75GB (new activations only) - 5G Essential...

Fido Increases Wireless Prices, Following Virgin Plus and Koodo

Last week, Public Mobile and Fido noted July 8th as an end date for select promo plans, hinting new plans were coming. We just saw Telus-owned Public Mobile reduce the data for its $29/month 4G plan, while introducing some other options with smaller data buckets. Now, as expected, Fido has switched up its plans as...

CRTC Report Explains the ‘Catastrophic’ Rogers Outage from 2022 [Update]

The CRTC has released its commissioned report by Xona Partners that has summarized the “catastrophic" 2022 Rogers outage that affected both wireless and wireline services that impacted over 12 million personal and business customers, that lasted over 26 hours, before services started to be restored. "In this report we detail the findings for the period...

Public Mobile and Fido to End Select Promo Plans on July 8

It looks like flanker brands of Telus and Rogers are set to end some promotional plans next week, possibly setting the stage for new plans heading into the heart of summer (for better or worse). Telus-owned Public Mobile has updated its website to indicate its promotional $29/40GB 4G plan will end on July 8, 2024....

Rogers Tops Telus and Bell in Latest Internet Rankings: Opensignal

Rogers has emerged as the top broadband provider in Canada, according to a recent Opensignal report that has published new data. Opensignal told iPhone in Canada Rogers now leads for ‘Reliability Experience,’ what it says is a new metric that measures the ability of Opensignal users to connect and complete ‘uninterrupted’ tasks on internet networks....

Rogers Completes 5G Cloud RAN Trial at Blue Jays Game

Rogers says it has successfully conducted Canada's first commercial trial of Ericsson's 5G Cloud-Radio Access Network (Cloud RAN) technology at a nearly sold-out Toronto Blue Jays game on Canada Day. This technology builds on Rogers' standalone 5G core network launched in 2021. “Cloud-native technology is a critical component in the next generation of wireless networks...

Bell Seeks Injunction to Block Rogers from Warner Bros. Content

Bell Media has filed for an injunction to prevent Rogers from broadcasting Warner Bros. Discovery content for two years. This move comes as Rogers is set to take over the Canadian rights to that programming in January 2025. Bell submitted a court application on June 19, claiming that the licensing agreement announced nine days earlier...

Rogers Adds Disney+ at No Extra Cost for Select TV Subscribers

Rogers has announced select Rogers TV packages now include Disney+ Standard with Ads at no extra cost. Disney+ Standard with Ads normally costs $7.99 per month and includes support for streaming on up to two devices with 1080p HD video quality. This Disney+ plan is now included with Ignite Internet and TV bundles, that start...

Fido is Giving Up to 20GB Free Data to Select Customers

Some customers of Rogers-owned Fido are receiving an unexpected bonus of 10GB to 20GB of free monthly data after logging into their accounts. One Fido customer, "barkes99,” shared to RFD that upon logging into their Fido account from a desktop computer, a system message appeared granting an additional 10GB of free data to their plan....

Fido Selling Refurbished iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro Devices

If you’re a Fido customer, the Rogers-owned flanker brand has some refurbished iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max devices available. All devices are eligible for Fido’s payment plan. The prices are as follows with a minimum $35/month plan: iPhone 15 - $33.84/month x 24 = $812 iPhone 15...

Fido Offering $55/160GB Canada-US Plan and More to Some Customers

Last week we told you about Fido offering some decent cellphone plans for existing customers, such as a $45/140GB Canada-US plan. Now, we’re hearing from you about more plans being offered by the Rogers-owned company. Some Fido customers logging into their online accounts are seeing the following plans, according to iPhone in Canada readers: $45/120GB...