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Air Canada announced on Thursday it will provide free, fast Wi-Fi for Aeroplan members starting in May 2025. The service, sponsored by Bell, will be available on flights within North America and Sun destinations on Wi-Fi-equipped planes. The airline also plans to extend free Wi-Fi to long-haul international flights by 2026. This upgrade includes Air...

Bell MTS is set to increase prices across its services such as internet, TV and home phone, just in time to ring in the upcoming New Year. MTS is Manitoba Telecom Services, which was acquired by Bell for $3.9 billion and approved by the federal government in 2017. Bell MTS will increase prices for internet,...

In an op-ed published in The Globe and Mail, Lee Bragg, executive vice chair of Eastlink, and Frédéric Perron, president and CEO of Cogeco, called out Canada’s ‘Big 3’  telecom incumbents—Rogers, Telus and Bell—for exploiting regulatory loopholes to lower competition and drive up internet costs for Canadians. Bragg and Perron argue that the CRTC’s 'Regulated...

Cyber Monday is here and extended sales from Black Friday have arrived from Rogers, Telus and Bell. Here's a summary of the deals from our 'Big 3' telecoms for wireless, TV and internet. It's a mixed bundle of offers where you'll need to sign onto a contract to get the best deal through financing. First,...

Bell Media has launched 11 new free, ad-supported television (FAST) channels for its customers across Canada. These channels are available on the Bell TV and Virgin Plus TV apps, as well as online at TV.Bell.ca and TV.VirginPlus.ca. All TV package subscribers can access these channels, integrated into the 3000s section of the TV guide alongside...

If your work offers phone plans through Bell’s Exclusive Partner Program (EPP), you may want to check the online portal as Black Friday EPP plans are now available. Here’s what’s showing for bring your own device plans, for new activations after $10 autopay credit: $45/60GB $55/100GB Canada-US + Crave with Ads $60/200GB Canada-US-Mexico + Crave...

Bell has launched Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile for Canadian businesses, bringing an integrated solution for calls and collaboration. Essentially, this service combines mobile numbers with Microsoft Teams, allowing users to handle business calls on mobile devices while leveraging the platform’s collaboration tools. "Our support of Teams Phone Mobile is a significant milestone in our ongoing...

Bell and Virgin Plus have launched their Black Friday deals for 2024. Telus and Koodo have launched their Black Friday sale as well (more on that later), joining Rogers and Fido. Here’s what we are seeing on the Bell website right now: $44/50GB 5G after Autopay and includes Crave Save up to $880 on Samsung...

Reports on the Bell subreddit indicate another round of layoff notices rolling out, sparking concern among employees. One user described seeing letters posted in primary office locations, notifying staff about which “Management Employees” and Business Units would be impacted. "Here we go again," the user wrote, adding that similar postings marked the beginning of layoffs...

Bell initially aimed for a much larger target than internet provider Ziply Fiber in its U.S. expansion, which cost a whopping $5 billion CAD. According to sources speaking to the Canadian Press, Bell was in the running to acquire Frontier Communications, the largest fibre provider in the U.S., but lost to Verizon after a bidding...

After a recent push from the CRTC saying it was "taking action", Canada’s ‘Big 3’ telcos—Rogers, Telus, and Bell—are planning new ways to cut international roaming costs, aiming to give Canadian travellers more flexible options by 2025. Bell announced it will offer “tailored” options next year to lower roaming charges based on how much data...

The federal government has decided to keep the CRTC’s recent move to allow smaller Internet providers access to the high-speed fibre networks of our 'Big 3' telcos, Bell, Rogers, and Telus. The original CRTC decision aimed to make Internet services more competitive and affordable across the country. Bell Canada recently asked the feds to reverse...