The last week was relatively slow for wireless in Canada. More news about BlackBerry’s comeback strategy surfaced, a number of Canadian carriers shifted their monthly rate plans around, along with a few OS updates to various devices. Still no word from the government about the status of the 700 MHz wireless auction. Below are the top Canadian mobile stories from the past week, plus notable news from around the web:
– Bell changes up a few monthly rate plans [Read here]
– TELUS aims to make Public Mobile ‘much more profitable, or profitable period’ [Read here]
– BlackBerry launches QNX Cloud Business division [Read here]
– Canadian carriers complete network upgrades for T9-1-1 service [Read here]
– What It Needs: HTC M8 [Read here]
– Eastlink buying Bruce Telecom for $26.5 million [Read here]
– Koodo Mobile unveils new Canada-wide plans [Read here]
– RBC’s mobile payment service to expand to ‘more devices in the spring′ [Read here]
– Google Play carrier billing now available to Bell customers [Read here]
– Minuum just proved that keyboards can work on a smartwatch (video) [Read here]
– Eastlink releases the Nexus 5 [Read here]
– City of Waterloo signs a 3-year $516,000 contract with Bell [Read here]
– BlackBerry is selling the majority of its Canadian real estate [Read here]
– Contest: Win Two Tickets to Dx3 [Read here]
Around the web:
– Pre-order your LG G Flex AT&T for $299.99, get it February 4th [AndroidAuthority]
– BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 Confirms Launch On 28th January [BerryReview]
– Belfiore denies flagging Windows Phone sales [WMPU]
– Apple is reportedly building a mobile payment service [Engadget]
