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Canada’s three major carriers unveil new plans

Categories: Bell Mobility, Rogers, Telus
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, November 8th, 2012 at 1:04 AM

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, all three major networks in Canada unveiled new plans. Here’s what each one of the got…

Rogers Wireless

Talk and Text Plans – all of them come with Unlimited Text, Picture and Video Messaging; Unlimited Evenings & Weekends; and Unlimited Canada wide calling from your computer (Rogers One Number).

  • $27/month: 150 local weekday minutes
  • $37/month: 1,000 local weekday minutes
  • $47/month: 1,000 local weekday minutes, 100MB of data

Talk, Text and Internet Plans – include Unlimited Text, Picture and Video Messaging; Unlimited Evenings & Weekends; and Unlimited Canada-wide Calling from your computer (Rogers One Number).

  • “Occasional” $55/month: 1,000 Weekday minutes, 200MB of data (overage is $15/GB)
  • “Social” $65/month: Unlimited Local Talk, 1GB of data (overage is $15/GB)
  • “Streamer” $75/month: Unlimited Local Talk, 3GB of data (overage is $15/GB)
  • “Connected” $95/month: Unlimited Canadian Long Distance, 5GB of data (overage is $10/GB)

These plans are available on Monthly and 3-year terms, allow sharing (with LTE where available).

The Call Display and Voice Mail capabilities come included in the value packs and start off at $12.79/month. Additionally, if you want to make the local calling national calling that will cost you $10 extra per month.

Bell Mobility

Bell will launch new plans tomorrow, on November 9th, with users being able to choose between 4 plans.

  • $55/month: 1000 minutes, 200 MB broadband data
  • $65/month: unlimited local talk, 1 GB broadband data and 10 hours of MobileTV
  • $75/month: unlimited local talk, 3 GB broadband data and 10 hours of MobileTV
  • $95/month: unlimited Canada-wide talk, 5 GB broadband data and 10 hours of MobileTV

TELUS

  • Local Talk & Text – 1GB Share – $70/month: Unlimited Local Anytime Minutes, 1GB data (Canada-only) shareable
  • Local Talk & Text – 3GB Share – $90/month: Unlimited Local Anytime Minutes, 3GB data (Canada-only) shareable
  • Local Talk & Text – 5GB Share – $100/month: Unlimited Nationwide Anytime Minutes, 5GB data (Canada-only) shareable

All plans include Unlimited outgoing and incoming text, picture and video messaging; as well as Unlimited Nationwide Family Calling, Caller ID, Visual Voicemail, Call Waiting & Conference Calling.

[Via: MobileSyrup]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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