Canadian government says that it now requires cell phone companies like Rogers, Bell and Telus to lower its cell phone bill by 25% within the next 2 years or face consequences. Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains says that unlimited talk-and-text plans that offer two gigabytes, four gigabytes and six gigabytes of data need to … Continue reading Ottawa Requests Wireless Providers to Lower PriceS→
Fed up with American sanctions against their company, Huawei announced that they will be moving its R&D office to Canada. Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, said the move its necessary because Huawei would be blocked from interacting with US employees. This is a surprising move considering Canada is currently holding Meng Wanzhou, Huawei … Continue reading Huawei Is Moving its R&D To Canada→
If you have traveled around the world , you probably know, that in Canada we have one of the most expensive cell phone bills on the planet. Justin Trudeau came to the rescue last week saying that if reelected he will cut the cell phone bills by 25% in the next 4 years. NDP has … Continue reading Trudeau Promises To Cut Cell Phones Bills by 25%→
Freedom Mobile says that 15,000 accounts were breached earlier this year, and that they will be notifying customers if their accounts were breached. Freedom Mobile had no idea their system was hacked until security firm vpnMentor notified them of the breach. vpnMentor said they had reached out to the company few times to let them … Continue reading 15,000 Accounts Hacked at Canada’s Freedom Mobile→
UPDATE #1: Some of our readers on social media in Canada were astonished with this phone plan and asked us to clarify – Does it kick you off if you aren’t in the US? like after 6 months if you live in Canada and want to use it? We have reached out to Google and they … Continue reading Google’s Cell Phone Plan Now Works on iPhone and in Canada→
As of December 1st, 2017, Government of Canada and specifically CRTC, has requested that all telco companies in Canada can no longer lock your phone or ask you to pay to unlock it. They have also requested that all wireless contracts are readable to make sure you avoid unpleasant surprise when your bill comes. All … Continue reading Canadian Cell Phone Companies Can No Longer Lock Your Phone→
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