In a late night press release Nokia Canada revealed where the next two Windows Phone devices will end up. Rogers will be getting the Lumia 710, TELUS will release the Lumia 800. Specifically regarding the Rogers release, this will exclusively be available in black and hit stores as part of their “Smartphone Lite” category this [...]
A few days ago an internal doc leaked online that showed Rogers intending to make some changes to how wireless customers could cancel or adjust their service, regardless of what province they reside in. These changes will only impact those customers who activate or renew on January 22nd, 2012. “Rogers is proactively making changes” and [...]
Quick update here regarding a very popular data plan. The $30/month 6GB plan that Rogers currently has will expire on February 6th, 2012. The good news is that this plan will be available for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch on Friday. However, this plan seems to come and go and we’ll probably see it [...]
Bell and Virgin came out swinging a few weeks ago with the exclusive release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the world’s first device to be graced with Google’s Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. During their exclusive release both Rogers and TELUS announced that they would be releasing the sought after device in January. Good [...]
Quebec consumers were protected in several ways when “Bill 60″ went into place in 2010. Specifically from a wireless perspective, carriers were prohibited from hiding fees and had to advertise all prices, a 60 day notice became mandatory before any contract changes – at which time the customer has the option to cancel at no [...]
According to the internal doc we have, dated December 15th, Rogers will be simplifying the defective equipment on arrival (DOA) policy. This new policy, which covers malfunctioned handsets, will see the DOA period for Rogers devices reduced to 15 days from 30 days from purchase, joining the same period as the buyer’s remorse policy. The [...]
Rogers has come out with a new survey today called the “Rogers Innovation Report”, this will apparently be the first of many coming down the pipe as its aim is to “explore Canadians’ habits and views on technological innovations.” The latest survey was conducted early December and found the following: – 83% of those surveyed [...]
Sometimes carriers rope new customers in by offering them a great monthly voice and data plan, usually this comes at a cost of signing up on a 3-year contract. Straight from the internal doc above, Rogers says that “customers can now bring their own device and activate on one of our great voice and data [...]
Rogers has released a new app called Rogers Live TV – it’s in beta form for the iPad and an Android version will be “coming soon”. In addition, the app is only currently available for “Rogers digital television customers in Ontario who subscribe to Rogers Hi-Speed Internet with a MyRogers account”. So very beta, very [...]
Inukshuk Wireless is a joint venture formed in 2005 by Bell and Rogers that brought pre-Wimax high-speed fixed wireless service to those located in remote areas of Canada. Bell and Rogers independently sell various internet products and the roll out has been slow, but certainly needed. Apparently Rogers customers who have signed up for the [...]