Telus Guarantees Plan Prices for 5 Years, Adds $5 Roaming Option
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Telus has launched a new offer for customers called Price Lock, which guarantees your wireless plan pricing stays the same for a half decade, while also including Easy Roam from $5 per day. The following bring your own device plans are eligible for Price …
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New on Netflix Canada: August 2025
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Netflix Canada has shared its list of what’s new and coming in August 2025. Highlights include season 3 of Perfect Match, while coming soon is Dinner Time Live With David Chang: Season 3. Check out what’s coming to Netflix Canada in August 2025 below: Aug…
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OnePlus Adds VoLTE Support in Time for Rogers 3G Shutdown
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - OnePlus has confirmed that several of its smartphones now support VoLTE (Voice over LTE) in Canada, a necessary step as 3G networks across the country are set to shut down by the end of 2025, namely starting with Rogers and Fido by the end of this month. …
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Telus to Invest $2 Billion to Expand Internet in Ontario and Quebec
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Telus is putting $2 billion into expanding its fibre internet and wireless services across Ontario and Quebec over the next five years. The money will go toward building faster, more reliable internet networks for homes and businesses. The company says th…
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New on Disney+ Canada: August 2025
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Disney+ Canada has released its list of new shows and movies coming to the streaming service in August 2025. As for highlights? King of the Hill returns with its Season 14 premiere on August 4, and Alien: Earth premieres on August 12. The Twisted Tale of …
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Google Hikes Nest Aware Price in Canada Again, This Time 30%
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Google is once again raising the price of its Nest Aware Plus subscription in Canada—this time from $200 to $260 per year, starting August 15, 2025. That’s a price hike of 30% and is the second price jump in 18 months. The increase comes less than two yea…
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Cogeco Wireless Launches in Canada: These Are the First Cities
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Montreal-based Cogeco has officially launched its new wireless service in Canada, with early users already on the network and expansion planned in 12 markets across Québec and Ontario in the coming weeks. The announcement came as the company reported its …
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Telus Finally Set to Lay Undersea Cable After 4-Year Wait
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Telus is set to begin installing a long-planned submarine fibre optic cable between Sept-Îles and the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec this fall, following delays and permitting processes. The project, first announced in 2020, recently cleared the necessary appr…
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Rogers Launches Starlink Satellite Texting to All Canadians: Here’s Pricing
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Rogers is rolling out a new satellite-powered service that lets Canadians send text messages even in areas with no traditional cell signal. Recently, customers were seeing their Rogers devices showing evidence of possible satellite connectivity and here w…
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Uber Canada Launches Senior Accounts: What You Need to Know
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Uber Canada has launched a new feature aimed at making its app easier to use for older adults. Called Senior Accounts, the update includes larger text, fewer buttons, and simplified directions to help seniors book rides with less hassle. The move comes as…
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Rogers and Fido raise connection fee to $80
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Rogers and its flanker brand Fido have raised their connection fee to $80. This is the second time in 12 months that the fee has gone up. In July 2024, it went from $60 to $70, and this past February, it rose again to $75. Rogers still waives the fee if y…
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Trump Imposes 35% Tariffs on Canada, Exempting USMCA Goods
The U.S. administration announced a 35% tariff on Canadian imports while exempting products under the USMCA agreement. The policy move—branded as a corrective measure to rebalance trade—has set off a flurry of discussions among trade analysts and industry insiders about its potential disruptive impact on cross‐border commerce.
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Competition Bureau Gets Court Order to Investigate Amazon Canada
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Amazon is facing scrutiny from the Competition Bureau over the way it controls pricing on Amazon.ca. The announcement comes on the start of Prime Day, ironically. The watchdog announced today it has secured a court order to compel Amazon to hand over docu…
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A downed cell tower has left an Alberta community without service for weeks
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - A small Alberta county has been out of phone service for weeks due to a downed cell tower. As reported by CBC News, a 106-metre Telus cell tower in the municipal district of Thorhild was taken down by thieves who stole its copper wiring. The RCMP notes th…
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Canadians slow on uptake for Wi-Fi 7
Vincent Lin / mobilesyrup - Although Wi-Fi 7 is still a fairly nascent technology, Canada has been slow on the uptake. Wi-Fi 7 has only garnered about 0.6 per cent of Speedtest user samples throughout the first quarter of 2025 in Canada, according to data released by Ookla. While th…
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Telus and Bell share when they’re shutting down 3G networks
Brad Bennett / mobilesyrup - Telus and Bell have separately shared plans to shut down 3G service in parts of Manitoba, which suggests a full Canada-wide shutdown is coming. Bell/Virgin Plus/Lucky Mobile 3G shutdown Bell has a new support page on its website that says: “Later this yea…
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Canada suspends Hikvision operations over national security concerns
therecord - Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly said in a statement that the determination was made with “information and evidence provided by Canada's security and intelligence community” and that she strongly encourages Canadians to “take note of this decisi…
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Original Switch Getting Mysterious 'Price Change' In Canada 8 Years After Launch As Gaming Gets More Expensive
Ethan Gach / kotaku - The Switch launched in 2017 for $300. It’s now 2025 and it’s still $300. Will it finally get a price cut like every other Nintendo console has had at some point in its lifecycle or will the Mario maker take the unprecedented step of actually making it mor…
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Canada drops Big Tech tax to appease Trump
Emma Roth / theverge - Canada has scrapped its tax targeting Big Tech companies in the US after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off trade talks in response to the fee. On Sunday, the Canadian government announced that it will no longer implement the Digital Services Ta…
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Ottawa Blinks First: Carney Kills Tech Tax After Trump Backlash
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Canada is scrapping its Digital Services Tax (DST) after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly halted trade negotiations, blaming the tax on big tech as the reason. The move comes just before a June 30 deadline, when U.S. tech giants like Google, Meta, and…
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