It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in Canadian telecom with tons of price changes (mainly increases) and other happenings. Here’s what you need to know:
Pricing and deals
Freedom Mobile launches new, pricier plans with 5G+ and more data.
Fido kills Lunar New Year deals, raises prices by $5/mo.
Bell’s mobile plans are a little cheaper, with a little less data.
Telus offering $88/188GB Lunar New Year plan.
Rogers launches ‘App TV’ plan with live TV and ad-supported streaming, including Netflix.
Virgin Plus raised plan prices to match Fido.
Fido brought back its bonus data but made it worse than before.
Koodo copied Fido and Virgin Plus, raised plan prices by $5.
Public Mobile raised plan prices to match Freedom Mobile.
Infrastructure
Ookla says Bell has best mobile, fibre networks in latest report.
Regulatory
The CRTC is investigating inmate phone call costs.
Financial
Rogers came in above estimates in Q4 2024.
You can read the last telecom news roundup here.
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