Rogers

As of May 5, Rogers will introduce a new upgrade policy that allows Rogers customers to renew their contract early and get a new device earlier than normal, however it comes with a fee. Normally, Rogers customers must wait at least 12 (consumer phone) or 24 (smartphone) months into their current contract term to receive...

Yesterday, Canada was one of the first countries to sell the white iPhone 4. We brought you exclusive first-hand pics from Future Shop, as units were available for Bell customers. Today, Apple officially announced the white iPhone 4 is coming tomorrow. Thanks to the tipster "FidoHound", we've received evidence of white iPhone 4 units hitting...

Rogers has announced today their Long Term Evolution (LTE) network will be launching this year in Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto. Thereafter, the network will be launching in 21 other markets in 2012. The company has already been testing LTE trials over the past Fall. What is LTE? LTE is a next generation technology that...

If this internal posting ends up going through, it seems that Rogers will be implementing changes to its hardware upgrade policy by allowing its customers to upgrade early with a fee. This change is similar to what Telus implemented a few months ago. The current Rogers upgrade policy, sans any promotions, is 24 months for...

Update: This includes Fido! Today, Rogers announced that their HSPA+ coverage has been expanded to cover 97% of the Manitoba population. Download speeds in the province now can reach up to 21 Mbps (with supported devices) and this news also delivers the iPhone and iPad 3G service! In more places across Manitoba than ever before,...

It seems that unlimited calling plans are extremely popular in recent months with the Canadian wireless carriers. Today, in response to recent competitive activity, Rogers has launched a new $30 Unlimited Incoming "Competitive Response" plan. The plan is effective March 21, 2011 and the features are listed below: Minutes: 150 daytime Evenings/Weekends: Unlimited @ 6PM...

Update 1: Thanks to Jakub S for the email! :) Recently, Rogers/Fido completed an update to their free "My Account" iPhone applications. The "My Account" apps allow Rogers/Fido customers to view the amount of minutes, data and messages that they have used so far in the month, the amount of remaining usage for the month and...

If you live in Eastern Canada, specifically in Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island, a Rogers dealer called "AML" has a good promotion for business customers. If you are a current or prospective business client with Rogers and are looking to set up two new lines, AML is offering a $100 activation...

Just a reminder from a report back in January 2011 that as of March 16, 2011, that's in two days, Rogers/Fido will be increasing the per-message text message rate and all non-premium message rate to $0.20 from $0.15 per sent and received message. Texts sent above the allotment included in a text plan or add-on...

Effective March 12, 2011, and until further notice, Rogers has launched their free 6PM early evening add-on for all new activations and existing customers. The 6PM early evenings calling bonus is available on the following 2 and 3-year term in-market plans: Unlimited Voice plans Unlimited Voice and Data plans Student plans Family plans All new...

In response to recent price reductions from Telus and Virgin Mobile, Rogers has launched a new $55 My10 "Competitive Response" plan. The $55 plan is not actually visible on the Rogers website, as the actual plan is the $60 Smartphone plan with a $5/month discount. Note that the $5 discount must be manually applied to...

Do you have Canada's worst cellphone bill? We've seen users rack up $37,000 via data roaming and others get hit with similar bills of $18,000 and $6000. CBC Marketplace once again called on Canadians to share their cellphone bill horror stories, and they've finally published their segment. Three bills related to Virgin, Bell, and Rogers...