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Big Three start winding down Boxing Week offers

It looks like the Big Three carriers are winding down their Boxing Week promotions. Telus has already removed its Boxing Week offers, while Rogers has labelled several of its plans as expiring on January 10th. So far, Bell’s website simply says, “Boxing Week offers extended,” and doesn’t indicate when any of the promotions will end.

Telus now offers the following plans (along with comparisons to the Boxing Week offers):

  • $85/mo 25GB (up to 250Mbps) | previously $85/mo 50GB (up to 250Mbps)
  • $95/mo 50GB (up to 1Gbps) | previously $90/mo 100GB (up to 1Gbps)
  • $105/mo 60GB (up to 1Gbps) + Unlimited Canada-U.S. calling, texting, and data | previously $95/mo 100GB (up to 1Gbps) + Unlimited Canada-U.S. calling, texting, and data
  • $125/mo 100GB (up to 1Gbps) + Unlimited Canada-U.S. calling, texting, and data | not part of Boxing Week offers

Telus plans as of January 10th, 2023.

It’s worth noting that Telus’ plans offer unlimited data, which means once you’ve used all the data included on the plan, you can keep using data at a slower speed of up to 512Kbps. Moreover, the new Telus plans match up with the carrier’s pre-Boxing Week plans, which MobileSyrup documented in mid-December. You can check out the Telus plans here.

Rogers plans as of January 10th, 2023.

Rogers, on the other hand, still has its Boxing Week promos available, including offers like $75/mo 50GB and $80/mo 100GB (both include the automatic payment discount). The website lists the plans as ending on January 10th, although Rogers’ $55/mo 25GB add-a-line plan will end on the 11th instead. If you want to take advantage of some of Rogers’ Boxing Week offers, you may want to do so today.

You can check out Rogers’ plans here.

Bell plans as of January 10th, 2023.

Finally, as mentioned above, Bell still lists all its Boxing Week offers but with no end date. I would be surprised if Bell kept these deals going beyond January 10th, however, given that the carrier’s flanker brand, Virgin Plus, lists that date as the end of its Boxing Week offers.

You can check Bell’s plans here.

We’ll update this post with new details when these promotional plans are removed.

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Last chance for $50/40GB Boxing Week plan at Fido, Koodo, Virgin

Today looks to be the last day for the $45/20GB and $50/40GB Boxing Week plans at Fido, Koodo, and Virgin Plus. Both Fido and Koodo now list the plan as ending on January 9th — Virgin Plus didn’t have a similar label at the time of writing, but it likely will follow the other two.

Koodo first launched the plans on December 13th, and Fido and Virgin launched their versions of the plans the following day. The plans have been available since then, but they were limited-time promotional offers, so it’s no surprise the plans are going away.

At all three providers, the plans actually cost $60/20GB and $65/40GB, but come with a $15/mo credit for 15 months. The downside is that anyone who signs up will need to be ready to switch carriers in 15 months’ time unless they’re okay with paying a higher monthly price. That said, Black Friday and Boxing Week 2023 will happen within that time frame, which means customers could potentially switch to a different promotional plan before the credit expires.

The deal isn’t as good for those looking to get a phone with one of these providers, as the phone contracts are 24 months long, so customers will be stuck paying the higher cost for the last nine months of their contract.

Aside from the large data buckets, these plans also include unlimited Canada-wide text messaging, unlimited Canada-wide calling, and other features that vary from provider to provider, such as voicemail, call display, international texting, and more.

If you’re in the market for a new plan, you may want to pick up one of these deals before they go away — it’s unclear what plan options will be available tomorrow, but they’ll likely cost more and have less data. Before the flanker providers added the Boxing Week plans, they had $60/10GB and $65/20GB plans.

You can check out Fido’s plans here, Koodo’s plans here, and Virgin’s plans here.

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Outages and acquisitions: the most important telecom stories of 2022

2022 was a busy year in the telecom industry. We witnessed new developments on Rogers’ $26 billion takeover of Shaw, saw Starlink’s expansion in the north, and observed how telecom companies respond to disasters nationwide.

In no particular order, here are MobileSyrup’s picks of the most important stories to come from the telecom industry this year.

Rogers outage

Rogers customers woke up on July 8th to no cellphone service, internet, or working home phone lines. Rogers was witnessing a complete outage, leaving many struggling to get daily tasks done. The outage, caused by a maintenance update, impacted 13 million wireline and wireless customers.

The company issued $150 million in credits representing five days of service and said it would make changes to prevent something similar, including separating its wireless and wireline networks. 

Rogers had to answer to millions of angry Canadians. Its first set of heavily redacted responses to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) questions came in July, hot on the heels of the outage. The Commission’s subsequent request for more information shed more light, as Rogers offered information once redacted in August. But it didn’t paint a complete picture. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is one of the parties that want the CRTC to release more details.

While some action has been taken, can another outage be prevented?

Freedom Mobile acquisition

Freedom Mobile

When Rogers’ originally announced its plans to acquire Shaw, there was no word on what it would mean for Freedom Mobile. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne had other plans. In March, he announced Rogers couldn’t acquire Freedom, as doing so would decrease competition. The company received offers to buy Freedom from Xplornet, Distributel and Globalive. However, Québecor subsidiary Vidéotron ended up the winner. 

Competition Bureau’s challenge to Rogers’ takeover of Shaw

The Competition Bureau is one of three parties that needs to approve the Rogers and Shaw merger. But so far, the federal department has strongly opposed the takeover. Citing affordability and competition, the bureau filed to block the merger in May. The parties attempted negotiations twice before moving to a tribunal hearing where the bureau maintained its defiant position to block the merger.

Ian Scott’s time at the CRTC

Vicky Eatrides is the new chair of the CRTC, taking up a role previously held by Ian Scott. Scott filled the role for five years, but his time wasn’t without controversy. This past year, he has faced a request to recuse himself from files related to internet competition, addressed a meeting he had with Bell’s CEO, and faced numerous calls to resign. But Scott successfully completed his term, and if given the opportunity, he would be willing to take up the position again. 

Hurricane Fiona

Hurricane Fiona hit Atlantic Canada with destruction when it made landfall in September, impacting telecom services. In response, some carriers announced they’d waive fees and offer extra data to impacted residents. But according to Nova Scotia’s Premier, not all telecom companies were helpful. Tim Houston sent Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne a letter complaining about “poor participation and support” from telecom companies, including Bell and Telus. The companies defended their actions and said they provided full support.

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Tesla offering $5,000 discount on selected Canadian deliveries

Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla is offering customers getting a new Model 3 or Model Y delivered $5,000 in credit.

According to the company’s website, the offer began on December 21st and expires on the 31st. The credit is in additon to a subsequent offer of 10,000 kilometers of free Supercharging.

The Supercharging offer also applies to Model S and Model X vehicles, but the $5,000 credit does not.

Available inventory that applies to both discounts is available here.

Current and new Tesla owners are now also able to access the vehicle’s new holiday update. Featuring Steam gaming support, users can play games through a Bluetooth controller or mouse and keyboard.

Source: Tesla Via: Electrek

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Fizz offering savings on home internet plan, mobile data, ahead of Boxing Day

Fizz has rolled out deals to celebrate the holidays.

Customers can customize their mobile data plans with 50GB of data. It costs $45 and includes unlimited talk and text in Quebec but no voicemail. For $50, customers can get Canada-wide calls and texts with voicemail.

The Vidéotron flanker brand also has a deal on home internet services, offering a 200Mbps internet plan for $53 (compared to $65).

New Fizz customers can also save through a referral bonus from current members. Both parties will receive $100 if the new member activates a mobile or home internet plan.

More details are available here.

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Telus offering $100/year unlimited talk plan for Boxing Week

Vancouver-based national telecom Telus has another Boxing Week offer that slipped under the radar: $100/year for talk and text.

Spotted by RedFlagDeals user ‘Giorgiodethrifty‘, this Telus plan might work for you if you’re looking for a basic, low-cost calling plan, though it does come with some major caveats. First, the plan typically gives customers 400 anytime local minutes for the year, which isn’t a lot. However, the Boxing Week offer bumps that up to unlimited nationwide minutes for one year. As far as I’m concerned, that makes this Telus plan a much better option.

Unfortunately, texting is still limited to 400 incoming and outgoing SMS and MMS messages, which also is not a lot. Still, if you’re all about calling, the texting limits may not matter much to you.

You can find the deal here.

Source: RedFlagDeals ‘Giorgiodethrifty’

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GameStop reveals its 2022 Boxing Week flyer

It’s time for the holidays, and with that GameStop has shown off its Boxing Week flyer. The sale starts on December 25th and is available until December 31st, with products up to 75 percent off.

The first part of the deal mentions a free gift for the first 50 people in-store on December 26th. It doesn’t mention what the gift is, so hopefully, it’s not a GME stock.

You can grab an Xbox Series S for only $300.79 plus Biogenik Thumb Grips for your controller. Xbox controllers are available for $15 off, while PlayStation DualSense controllers are up to $25 off.

Select Nintendo titles are $25 off, which include Zelda Breath of the Wild, Zelda Skyward Sword, Mario Party Superstars, and Pokémon Snap. And starting December 18th, you can grab Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope for $49.99

Starting December 21st, save $40 on Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7. From December 22nd to January 5th, save $50 on NBA 2K23, and starting December 24th, you can save $30 on Gotham Knights.

Here are some more of the deals below:

  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales — Save $35
  • The Las of Us: Part 1 — Save $30
  • Ghost of Tsushima – Save $50
  • Ratchet & Clank — Save $50
  • Ghostwire Tokyo — Save $45
  • Code Vein — Save $20
  • Soulstice — Save $20
  • Steelrising — Save $15
  • Save up to $30 on 2K Titles like Tiny Tina’s Wonderland, WWE 2K22, The Quarry
  • Save up to $55 on Ubisoft Far Cry 6, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
  • Two Little Buddy Figures for $50

Source: RedFlagDeals

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1TB iPhone 13 Pro available for $39/mo at Fido, Koodo

If you’re in the market for an iPhone 13 Pro with lots of storage, now might be the time to buy. According to deals spotting by RedFlagDeals (RFD) user ‘waterwaterwater,’ the 1TB iPhone 13 Pro is available at Koodo and Fido for $39/mo over two years.

Fido’s offer uses the provider’s device financing, which means customers pay $0 down and $39/mo for 24 months ($936 total before tax). Typically, Fido charges $83.12/mo financing for the 1TB iPhone 13 Pro, so this isn’t a bad deal.

Similarly, Koodo has the 1TB iPhone 13 Pro on a $39/mo Tab instead of through financing. However, the pricing works out the same at $936 over 24 months. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, Koodo was out of stock on the 1TB 13 Pro, but it had the 512GB at the same $39/mo price.

Also at the time of writing, Virgin Plus did not have the iPhone 13 Pro.  It’s worth noting that Apple no longer sells the iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max, so any available stock is leftover from before the iPhone 14 Pro launch.

Plus, with Koodo and Fido both offering $50/40GB plans for Boxing Week, the deal is a little sweeter. The main downside is that the $50 plan only lasts 15 months, so for the remainder of the contract, you’ll need to pay $65/mo instead. However, some RFD users reported success in keeping the $45/50GB Black Friday plan and getting the iPhone 13 Pro — the Black Friday plan lasts 24 months before the price goes up.

Anyway, if you want to grab an iPhone 13 Pro with tons of storage for a lower price than normal, you may want to move quick before stock runs out. You can grab the 512GB from Koodo here, or the 1TB from Fido here.

Source: RFD

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Vaccums, air purifiers, and hair tools galore: Dyson’s Boxing Week event

Dyson has rolled out its Boxing Week deals, offering discounts on its air treatment tools, famous vacuums, and much more.

Vacuums

Air treatment

Hair care

Check out all the deals on Dyson’s website.

Image credit: Dyson 

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This week in Canadian telecom: all the best carrier Boxing Week deals [Dec.10-16]

With the holiday season in full swing, carriers have pushed out deals on devices and services. More information, and a roundup of telecom news in Canada this past week, is detailed below.

Business

Carriers are charging Canadians more for wireless plans now compared to the beginning of the year. An analysis by MobileSyrup’s news editor, Jon Lamont, found most plans saw a price increase between $2 and $5 each month. Read the feature here.

Eastlink has expanded its mobile network to Miramichi, New Brunswick. Under the company’s $26 million mobile expansion plan for the province, residents will have greater access to coverage and service options.

SaskTel has expanded its infiNET service to Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. The fibre optic network provides speeds up to 1Gbps and has expanded to various other communities this year.

The Competition Tribunal has concluded its hearing into the Rogers-Shaw merger. The companies faced a challenge from the Competition Bureau, which said the merger would lead to higher wireless bills. Rogers and Shaw hope to close the merge by year’s end.

Deals

Koodo rolls out a 40GB plan for $50/month. More details are available here.

Bell is offering discounts on the iPhone 14 and several Samsung and Motorola devices for the holidays. Check out the specifics here.

Telus is offering discounts on mobile plans and deals on devices. More information is available here.
Rogers is offering deals on various devices for Boxing Week, including the Samsung S22 for $0/month for 24 months. Check out all the deals here.
Freedom Mobile is offering various deals on devices, including the Pixel 7, which is available for $5/month.
Public Mobile rolls out 20GB of 4G data for $45/month for Boxing Week.
Fido has rolled out deals on various devices for Boxing Week, with savings on the Pixel 6a and the Galaxy S21 FE.
Eastlink is offering discounts on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and iPhone SE for Boxing Week.
Virgin Plus is offering deals on Pixel and Galaxy devices. Plus, purchasing the Motorola Edge (2022) will score you free Verve Buds 120.
Chatr is offering 10GB of bonus data for 12 months on some plans. Details are available here.
Lucky Mobile is also offering a similar deal. Check out the details here.
Shaw is offering discounts on Google Pixel 7, and iPhone 13 ahead of Boxing Day.
SaskTel rolls out savings on the Galaxy Z Flip 4, various iPhone models, and more. Details are available here.
Vidéotron is offering discounts on data plans and home internet for Boxing Week.
Want MobileSyup’s take on the best carrier Boxing Week deals so far? Check out this article for all the specifics.
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