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Fido and Evergreen create the “Share Your Care” campaign, gives $100,000 to the environment

Fido has become Canada’s green wireless carrier. They offer a few devices that are made of recycled products and have several programs that give back to the environment (planting trees, recycling old cellphones etc). Now Fido has extended their relationship with Evergreen and has come up with the “Share Your Care” campaign. In total there [...]

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Fido partners with Flipswap for trade-in program called “FidoTRADE”

Fido has partnered with Flipswap for a new recycling/trade-in program called FidoTRADE. You might know the Flipswap name as they currently have a program in Best Buy and Future Shop locations that give you a gift card when you recycle your old clunker to them. The FidoTRADE program will officially launch July 11th (corporate stores [...]

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Fido has now given $319 million worth of FidoDollars back to customers

Here’s an interesting stat for all the Fido customers out there. “FidoDollars” is Fido’s loyalty program that rewards Fido customers in various ways by giving a % back each month. Last quarter Fido announced they have given out a total of $301 million worth of FidoDollars back to their customers (see an image of this [...]

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Nokia C6 officially available at Fido

The Fido Nokia C6 is now official and it can be yours for $275 no-contract or %40 on a 2-year. Probably give it a couple weeks and you’ll see this slide-out QWERTY on sale either at Best Buy or Future Shop for $30. The C6 has WiFi, 5 megapixel camera, video capabilities and a 3.2-inch [...]

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Fido rolls out “Circle Calling”… offers free Unlimited local calls to 4 people

More Fido news as they have stepped up and come out with something called “Circle Calling”. Sounds like a good time and it offers free Unlimited local calls to 4 people you choose to be in your “circle”. Pretty simple set-up as you have to add people to your account (all with a monthly plan) [...]

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Upcoming Fido Nokia C6 to cost $50 on a 2-year?

A few days ago it was revealed that the upcoming Fido Mobile Nokia C6 would be priced at $275 no-contract and $30 on a 2-year term. This is what was listed in the latest Future Shop flyer. However, it turns out that Fido might be launching the slider-out QWERTY device a bit higher… one of [...]

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New “FidoAnswers” emphasizes their “Service representatives are located in Canada”

Seems Fido is going to be launching/highlighting a service soon called FidoAnswers. Basically streamlining the process of when you call in for help. They state on their site that they’ve hired 10% more staff who are all Canadian (nice jab at the other carriers), can answer your questions in English, French, Cantonese and Mandarin. This [...]

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Upcoming Fido Nokia C6 will be $30 on 2-year and $275 outright

Last week Nokia C6 dummy devices started to show up at Fido locations. This will be released sometime over the next couple weeks for the no-contract price of $275. For those interested in knowing the 2-year contract price you can give thanks to Best Buy as they’ve posted a $29.99 price point on it. Decent [...]

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Fido officially releases the BlackBerry Curve 9300

Another smartphone has officially landed at Fido. The BlackBerry Curve 9300 can be yours for $30 on a 3-year contract or $400 no-term. The specs are not nearly as stunning as the Nexus S but still worth thinking about if a touchscreen is not your thing. The Curve 9300 has a 2.4-inch display (resolution of [...]

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Upcoming Fido BlackBerry Curve 9300 priced at $29.99 on 3-year

The BlackBerry Curve 9300 is certainly not the newest Berry to be launched, but will be the newest on Fido. Last week the dummy devices started to arrive at various Fido locations across Canada but no word on a price or an actual availability date. We’re hearing Fido is waiting on the current Curve 8520 [...]