Roaming

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 […]