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Bell Offers $40/100GB Plan with Crave to Select Customers
Bell is offering an exclusive $40/month plan with 100GB of data to its existing home services customers, according to emails shared with iPhone in Canada. The Essential Plan includes 100GB of shareable data at Bell's fastest available 5G+ speeds, with unlimited data at reduced speeds (512 Kbps) once the cap is reached. The plan also...
Bell Brings USA Network, Oxygen True Crime to Canada, Rebrands Others
Bell Media announced a major content deal with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution on Thursday, and will bring USA Network and Oxygen True Crime to Canadian audiences for the first time. Starting on January 1, 2025, Bell Media will also bring rebranding as part of a larger overhaul that will see five channels updated and new...
Bell Increases Connection Fee to $70, Debuts $39/50GB 5G Plan
Bell and Virgin Plus have jacked their “connection service fee” to $70, matching what Rogers and Fido kicked off in July, plus Telus and Koodo following suit in August. The Bell website’s fine print explains, "A one-time Connection Service Fee (($70) per member) is applied on your first bill to activate your device on the...
Bell Retains HBO Crown Ahead of Crave’s 10th Anniversary
Alright so Bell Media may have lost Warner Bros. Discovery content channels to Rogers, but it has secured extended rights to HBO for its Crave streaming service. Just when we thought Rogers was the one to tout winning TV channels from Warner Bros. Discovery, Bell announced it has extended its partnership with the latter, ensuring...
Rogers Wins Discovery Channels Battle as Bell Drops Legal Fight
Friends don’t fight friends, right? Today, Rogers confirmed it will be the new home of Warner Bros. Discovery’s English-language U.S. lifestyle and factual TV channels in Canada, starting January 1, 2025. Rogers plans bring these channels to Canadian viewers after Bell dropped its legal bid to block the content. “We’re already home to Canada’s #1...
Bell and MacLean Partner to Advance Mining Equipment Technology
Bell and MacLean have announced a partnership focused on improving automation, autonomy, and connectivity in underground mining vehicles. The goal is to improve equipment performance, worker safety, and sustainability by reducing emissions. A new Bell Private Mobile Network (PMN) was installed at MacLean’s Research & Training Facility in Sudbury, Ontario. This is a dedicated, secure...
Bell, Virgin Plus iPhone 16 Pre-Order Date: Sept. 13
Bell and Koodo customers looking to pre-order the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro can do so this Friday, September 13, just like Apple.ca. On the front page of its website, Bell has a picture of the iPhone 16 and says, "Get it on Canada’s fastest and most reliable 5G+ network for iPhone. Pre-order starts...
Bell TSN Streaming Promo Offers 50% Off for 1 Year
If you’ve been waiting for a streaming deal on Bell Media’s TSN, there’s a deal right now that offers up to 50% off regular prices. A TSN subscription with TSN+ (the standalone streaming option) is available for 6-months at $80, or 1 year for $120 (includes TSN+). The 6-month deal works out to $13.33 per...
Bell 5G+ Signals Showing Up in Prince George
If you’re a Bell wireless customer in Prince George, you may have noticed 5G+ signals are showing up on your compatible smartphone. According to iPhone in Canada readers, 5G+ signals were lit up on the weekend, readily available near Prince George Secondary School. Speed tests performed saw varying download speeds, ranging from 265 Mbps to...
Bell Media Shifts Aim to Warner Bros. in Rogers Showdown
Bell Media has intensified its legal battle against Warner Bros. Discovery, seeking to enforce its non-compete rights and filing for an injunction to prevent Rogers from broadcasting Warner Bros. Discovery content for two years. This action follows the announcement that Rogers will take over the Canadian rights to the programming starting in January 2025, including...
Bell’s Wireless Service in Yukon is So Bad a Hotline was Set Up
Bell, which controls nearly all cell towers in the Yukon, is facing ongoing criticism regarding its wireless service in the region. Premier Ranj Pillai slammed Bell’s wireless service last month, publicly calling it “embarrassing,” in a scathing letter to the company’s CEO Mirko Bibic. But the situation also affects everyone with a cellphone, regardless of...
Bell Internet Outage in Toronto for Some, ETA for Fix is Friday
Bell is dealing with an internet outage in Toronto for some customers. On Thursday morning, the company said on X, "Some customers in Toronto may be experiencing a service interruption due to a fibre cut caused by vandalism. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience." An iPhone...