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Rogers to Bring Comcast and Xfinity Products to Canada

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 Offers $50/100GB CAN-US Plan for Toronto Airport Employees

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, Virgin Launch $65/75GB Promo Plans with 5G Data

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...

Fido Revamps Plans, Now Starting at $34/20GB Like Virgin

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...

Chatr Debuts New Plans: $29/30GB, $29/50GB in Quebec and More

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...

Rogers, Telus, Bell, Quebecor Cell Traffic Surged During Eclipse [Update]

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 ‘Self Protect’ Home Security Expands to Western Canada

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...

Rogers Recaps Shaw Merger Anniversary: ‘We Increased Competition’

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...

Fido Offering $45/60GB Canada-US Plan in Quebec

Back in November, Roger-owned Fido launched a $45/50GB plan in Quebec, that included U.S. roaming. Recently, the plan saw an upgrade with its data bucket increasing to 60GB. The plan includes talk, text and data usage within Canada and the U.S., at 4G LTE speeds. According to Fido, the plan at $45 is after Automatic...

Rogers 3G Network to Shutdown in Spring 2025

Rogers will be decommissioning its 3G network starting in Spring 2025, according to info obtained by iPhone in Canada. The shutdown of the 3G network will take placer on March 31, 2025, across all regions, explains a notice on the matter. Rogers says it will be repurposing the spectrum for its LTE and 5G networks....

Fido Offering $45/100GB Plan with Long Distance to Some Customers

Rogers-owned Fido is offering up a promo $45/100GB plan for some customers, sent via email. This “exclusive” Fido plan costs $45 per month and includes 100GB of 4G LTE data, plus 1,000 U.S. and 1,000 international long distance minutes, for bring your own device customers. There is no expiry date listed, but the email says...