The flanker brands of Rogers, Telus and Bell—Fido, Koodo and Virgin Plus—have started to align their wireless plans again. Fido, Koodo and Virgin Plus all have the same $34/20GB plan for bring your own device, along with $39/40GB and $44/50GB plans. The differences lie in Fido offering a $54/60GB plan and Virgin Plus offering a...
Bell has announced the deployment of 3800 MHz spectrum in select areas of Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo, boosting speeds on its 5G+ network. The new 3800 MHz spectrum acquired in 2023, is expected to provide even faster and more responsive mobile experiences, with theoretical peak download speeds reaching up to 4Gbps in select areas. Bell says...
Bell Media’s Crave has released its list of new titles coming to the streaming service in June 2024. Highlights include the STARZ original series Power Book II: Ghost, with its season premiere on June 7. Love Island USA is coming on June 11, while the biggest anticipated arrival is HBO’s House of the Dragon second...
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has urged the commissioner of the Competition Bureau to investigate a partnership between Canada’s largest grocery chain, Loblaw, and Glentel, which is owned by Rogers and Bell. “Loblaws isn’t content just ripping off Canadians when it comes to their groceries. Loblaws is teaming up with Rogers and Bell to rip off...
Bell's network in the Welland, Ontario region has been targeted by vandals once more. Last weekend, Bell teams worked around the clock to restore services following a copper theft incident. However, the newly repaired cables were damaged again this morning due to another attempted theft, said Bell on Wednesday. Welland is located about 30 minutes...
Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO of Québecor, is urging the federal government to intervene in a deal between Loblaw and a company owned by Rogers and Bell. The agreement could result in Québecor and other wireless providers being excluded from 180 Loblaw-owned stores through The Mobile Shop kiosks, reports CBC News. In a letter sent to...
The latest Fixed Broadband Experience report for Canada for May 2024, published today by Opensignal, highlights the best internet providers and experiences in the nation. Following its acquisition of Shaw, Rogers is now recognized for offering the best overall experience more frequently than any other provider in the report. Rogers secures three national wins for...
As wildfires rage in parts of the country and hurricane season looms, Bell detailed how it is implementing strategies to ensure customers remain connected during extreme weather events. A recent Nanos survey commissioned by the Canadian Telecoms Association in March 2024 revealed that over one-third of Canadians (39%) experienced service disruptions due to severe weather...
Huge wildfires burning out of control in Manitoba have caused outages to Bell services. Specifically, Bell is seeing outages in Flin Flon, Cranberry Portage and surrounding areas, "due to significant damage caused by the ongoing wildfires,” said the telecom on Tuesday. "Our crews have been working around the clock with approx. 9km of fibre being...
Bell has shared more details about its service outage caused in Oshawa, Ontario, due to a third-party construction company. The company outlined the timeline and what happened in an email to iPhone in Canada. On Monday, May 6th, a significant disruption occurred in southern Oshawa due to a fibre cut caused by a construction company...
Bell Media has expanded iHeartRadio Canada by adding 39 Corus radio stations, available across all platforms. Available on the iHeartRadio Canada iOS and Android app and the web, new Corus radio stations include Toronto's Q107 and Vancouver's CFOX; Calgary's Country 105 and Edmonton's CISN 103.9; Kitchener's 91.5 The Beat, playing the best of pop; and...
If you’re a Bell internet, phone, IPTV or wireless customers in Oshawa, Ontario, you might have experienced an outage since Monday. That’s because a third party looks to have accidentally cut a fibre cable, meaning this outage isn’t exactly the fault of Bell. The company tried to make this explicitly clear on X. "Some customers...
