Google’s wireless plan could offer free international roaming: report
Google is reportedly in talks with a UK telecom provider to secure a deal that would provide Google’s American wireless subscribers with free international roaming.
View ArticleGoogle launches Project Fi, low-cost wireless phone service
Google has launched Project Fi, a wireless phone service designed to pressure major carriers into lowering their prices.
View ArticleCRTC limits roaming rates that big carriers can charge smaller carriers
Canada's telecom regulator is limiting the roaming rates the three biggest wireless carriers charge smaller carriers to piggyback on their networks, based on cost, for five years.
View ArticleBig cellphone providers will be regulated for selling their wireless services
Smaller, regional phone providers are getting a boost from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that decided to regulate wholesale mobile services on Tuesday.
View ArticleFree wireless service across Canada — for T-Mobile U.S. customers
T-Mobile is now offering its U.S. customers the ability to talk, text and browse the Internet in Canada and Mexico without paying extra charges.
View Article‘Surge’ in cellphone costs prompts tough choices for consumers
Carriers have lifted prices on wireless plans over the past the year, in part to reflect new rules that cap cellphone contracts at two-year terms.
View ArticleApple’s iPhone juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down
Smartphone sales may be slowing for some tech companies, but not for Apple.
View ArticleApple sells 47.5 million iPhones in latest quarter, up 35%
Apple's latest financial report shows the iPhone remains the key to the company's success. The impact of its newest product, the Apple Watch, isn't clear.
View ArticleIndependent Internet providers want to offer own wireless services
Canada's small ISPs are appealing a regulatory decision preventing them from offering wireless services that would compete with Bell, Rogers, Telus.
View ArticleBlackBerry results miss mark, more job cuts to come: sources
BlackBerry missed already low expectations for its second quarter as the technology company showed it's still struggling with its turnaround plan.
View ArticleWind Mobile secures $425M financing for cellular network upgrade
New financing will allow Wind to deploy the same next-generation technology used by Rogers, Bell and Telus throughout the startup carrier's network.
View ArticleShaw CEO says time is right for Wind takeover
Head of cable giant says deal provides affordable entry into the wireless industry and an expansion beyond Western Canada where it has most of its customers.
View ArticleB.C., Alberta consumers to see changes soon from Shaw-Wind deal
Canadians in Alberta and British Columbia will see the most immediate changes to telecom services stemming from cable operator's move into wireless.
View ArticleTelus to rebate $7.34M to wireless customers over ‘misleading’ texts
Wireless carrier agrees to rebate millions of dollars to current and former customers, reaching an agreement with the Competition Bureau.
View Article‘We’ve got a big road ahead’: Shaw Communications reports earnings amid...
Shaw Communications released its first-quarter update Thursday, after two blockbuster deals that will dramatically reshape Canada’s wireless and media industries.
View ArticleBig wireless carriers add ‘surcharge’ to rate plans as loonie drops
Country's big wireless providers cite 'weakened dollar' for price hikes to customer rate plans. Consumer advocates pan reasoning as a 'convenient excuse.'
View ArticleCritics skeptical of currency claims as wireless providers lift rates
The country's big wireless companies are hiking rate plans they claim because the lower dollar is escalating their costs. But critics aren't buying it.
View ArticleRogers, Bell, Telus wireless customers face ‘substantial’ price hike
Rogers says $5 price hike aimed at recovering rising costs because of falling loonie. ‘I would describe it as an appropriate level,’ CEO says.
View ArticleYour next smartphone is about to jump in price too, Bell CEO says
Price increases on way for new wireless devices because of falling loonie, exec says; a cost that 'obviously in the end get passed through to the consumer.'
View ArticleBlackBerry laying off undisclosed number of employees
BlackBerry Ltd. is laying off 75 employees in Florida and downsizing its staff in Canada by an unspecified amount.
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