Telus
Public Mobile Quietly Upgrades $15 and $19 Plans for Existing Users
Public Mobile has quietly updated its $15 and $19 monthly plans, offering more value—but only for existing customers. The revised $15 plan, introduced on Friday, June 6, now includes 500MB of data, unlimited Canada-wide calling, and 100 international long-distance minutes to countries like China, India, Pakistan, the UK, and more. Previously, the plan came with...
Public Mobile Brings Back 20GB Plan with a Price Hike
Telus-owned Public Mobile has revamped its 4G plans list today, bringing back a 20GB plan from earlier this year. The new $29/20GB plan with 4G data is now available, but it now costs $3 more than it did in April. The plan gives you unlimited talk and text in Canada, to go with 20GB of...
Telus 5G Tech Helps Edmonton Police Keep Playoff Crowds Safe
Telus says it has pulled off a first in Canada, using 5G technology to make sure Edmonton police didn’t lose access to critical security cameras during the busiest moments of the Oilers’ playoff run. Working with Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Telus tested something called “5G priority slicing” — a tool that carves out a guaranteed...
Telus Faces Backlash After 9-Day Outage Cuts Off Residents
Residents of a Glenora apartment building in Edmonton say they went more than a week without cable and internet, following a Telus outage that began on May 25. And the lack of service didn’t just mean no Netflix — it also disrupted the building’s emergency phone lines and visitor buzzer system, raising security concerns. “Yesterday,...
Virgin, Fido and Koodo Tweak June Plans—See Who Wins
The flanker brands of Rogers, Bell and Telus continue to make tweaks and changes as we enter the first week of June. On Tuesday afternoon, Fido kicked things off by adding international texts to its plans. Pricing below after the $10 automatic payments discount: $45/60GB + 500 international texts $55/80GB + 1000 international texts Also...
Public Mobile Boosts Referral Credit Again for Limited Time
Telus-owned Public Mobile has increased its referrals once again for a limited time. When you refer a friend to Public Mobile, you normally get $10 and so does your friend. But from now until June 9, there’s an extra $15 bonus credit on top, for a total of $25 each. Last month, Public Mobile launched...
Public Mobile Sets End Date for 4G and 5G Promo Plans
Good morning and Happy Canada Day, y'all! Telus-owned Public Mobile updated its website on Monday morning to add expiry dates for select 4G and 5G plans. Currently, some promo plans already have “limited time” labels, but now some have gained a specific end date of July 2, 2025. Here are Public Mobile’s 4G plans: $19/1GB...
Public Mobile Users: Major Change Coming After June 3
Telus-owned Public Mobile has started informing customers that upcoming network upgrades could affect their service. In texts sent out this week seen by iPhone in Canada, the company warned that starting June 3, some users may experience a loss of connectivity or degraded signal quality due to infrastructure changes. To help customers stay connected, Public...
Telus to Invest $70 Billion in Canada by 2029: What’s Coming
Telus says it plans to invest $70 billion in Canada through 2029, aiming to boost network infrastructure, support the nation’s AI ambitions, and spur economic growth. The telecom giant says its five-year plan includes expanding its PureFibre internet service to more homes and businesses, while also upgrading 5G and LTE services at over 500 sites...
Want 2Gbps on Telus 5G? You’ll Need Their Most Expensive Plan [Update]
Telus continues to tweak its wireless plans page, this time changing which plans get the fastest 5G+ download speeds, now again showing as up to 2Gbps. Just last week, the following plans from Telus had 5G+ download speeds only up to 1Gbps. But today, Telus updated this to show up to 2Gbps speeds for its...
Canada’s Big 4 Telecoms Are Juggling $100 Billion in Debt
Canada’s four biggest telecoms—Rogers, Bell, Telus, and Quebecor—are carrying more than $100-billion in long-term debt, a 5x increase from two decades ago. That debt, according to data from S&P Capital IQ, reports the Globe and Mail, was once seen as a strategic tool for funding infrastructure and acquisitions, but is now being viewed as a...
Bell and Rogers Match Telus with 25GB Data Bonus on Plans
After Telus launched a 25th anniversary sale this week, which included a 25GB data bonus on its wireless plans, rivals Rogers and Bell have followed suit on the celebrations it seems. Both websites of Rogers and Bell have been updated other now include 25GB of bonus data on their wireless plans. Bell added this on...