Rogers Communications today announced a new bilateral LTE roaming agreement with carrier 3 Hong Kong. Customers travelling to Hong Kong with a 2600MHz device will be able to roam on LTE speeds while in Hong Kong. The agreement makes Rogers the first carrier in North America and one of the first in the world to offer international LTE roaming to […]
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Mobilicity cuts data roaming rates by 70 percent
Mobilicity today announced that is dropping its North American data roaming rates by 70 percent. It will now charge CA$1.50 per megabyte while roaming in Canada and the US. It point out that this makes its rates the “country’s most affordable and competitive everyday roaming rates without the roaming plan fees commonly charged by incumbent carriers.” Mobilicity also offers a […]
TELUS Mobility to drop roaming rates up to 60 percent starting June 27th
TELUS Mobility today announced that it will lower its roaming voice and data rates by up to 60 per cent starting on June 27th. Customers will also no longer require separate bundles and passes. “After the launch of our new HSPA+ wireless network in late 2009, TELUS was able to offer our customers a true international roaming capability for the […]
OECD finds Canada has highest international data roaming fees
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found that Canada has the highest international data roaming rates in the 34 OECD countries. It found that it Canadians pay US$24.61 for 1MB of mobile data (used in a single day) when traveling internationally. The average across the OECD countries is US$9.48. On the other end of the spectrum, Greeks […]
Public Mobile announces roaming to start March 14th
Public Mobile today announced that it will begin to offer Canadian roaming on March 14th. This will allow Public Mobile customers to use their phones outside of Public Mobile’s coverage area. Our roaming works on a pay-per-use basis, so you will only be charged when you use the service. All you have to do is add money to your Public […]
Public Mobile to sign roaming agreement with TELUS?
A tip received by MobileSyrup.com suggests that Public Mobile is set to sign (or has signed) a roaming agreement with TELUS Mobility. To date, the company had no roaming agreement, meaning that customers could not use their phones outside of Public Mobile’s coverage area. A blue “R” will be displayed on the phone when roaming (Note that roaming does not […]