Top Canadian stories from the past week, plus other news from around the web

New device launches and a few OS updates. This week also saw the carriers, government and unions battle against each other for what they believe is ‘fair for Canada’ when it comes to the future of wireless in our country. Below is the list of all the top Canadian mobile stories from the past week, plus notable news from around web.

– WIND Mobile releases the Huawei Ascend Mate [Read here]
– RBC Mobile Banking app for BlackBerry 10 coming “by the end of September” [Read here]
– Comparing the incumbents’ new 2-year plans, Part 2 [Read here]
– Samsung Galaxy Mega now available in Canada [Read here]
– BlackBerry considers making BBM a separate company [Read here]
– Nokia Canada confirms the Lumia 1020 will come to Rogers and TELUS [Read here]
– Rogers Moto X continues its price drop, now $149.99 on a 2-year [Read here]
– TELUS and SaskTel expand LTE network in Saskatchewan [Read here]
– WIND Mobile head blasts incumbents and CWTA [Read here]
– HTC One now available at WIND [Read here]
– Google will refund you $110 CDN if you purchased a Nexus 4 after August 11 [Read here]
– CRTC looking into Canadian carriers roaming rates and agreements [Read here]
– Is this you? [Read here]
– Google lowers Nexus 4 price to $199 and $249 [Read here]
– Industry Canada creates “MoreChoices” site about wireless in Canada [Read here]
– Asus MeMo Pad HD 7 review [Read here]
– Moto X Review [Read here]
– Contest: Win a TELUS Samsung Galaxy Mega [Enter here]
– Win a Nexus 7 (2013), courtesy of dbrand! [Enter here]

Around the web:

– BlackBerry Can Survive as ‘Niche’ Player, says Director [N4BB]
– Sony lens accessories reportedly will launch under SmartShot brand [AndroidAuthority]
– New faces of Android: inside Google’s management shuffle [The Verge]
– Moto X to come with wooded back covers for $50 [evLeaks]
– HTC’s designers interrogated for expense fraud and stealing trade secrets [Engadget]