TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced Tuesday the launch of its new Connected for Success 5G Mobile Plan, available to eligible low-income Canadians for $25 per month.
The new plan offers 3 GB of 5G data with no overage charges and a no-cost Samsung Galaxy A14 or Motorola G 5G smartphone with financing when eligible subscribers keep their phone for a 24-month term.
Canadians eligible for the plan include people receiving provincial income support or disability benefits, seniors receiving the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement, rent-geared-to-income tenants of a non-profit housing partner organization, recipients of the federal Resettlement Assistance Program, and families receiving the maximum Canada Child Benefit through the Connecting Families program.
Rogers says its Connected for Success 5G Mobile Plan makes 5G wireless services more accessible to more than 2.5 million low-income Canadians.
“We’re deeply committed to making 5G technology more affordable and accessible for all Canadians,” Phil Hartling, president of wireless at Rogers, said in a press release. “Today’s announcement builds on a number of investments we have made to help connect all Canadians across the country.”
Some of the ways Rogers has made its 5G wireless services more affordable to all Canadians include, in May, reducing the price per gigabyte of data on its most popular 5G plan by 50 per cent and lowering its 5G entry price by 35 per cent to $55 when bundled with residential services, the release explains. Rogers also provided all its 4G wireless customers with access to its 5G network at no extra charge.
In addition, Rogers has introduced more affordable ways for subscribers to buy a new phone. “Customers can buy a new phone with any Rogers credit card and lower their monthly payments by up to 50% with 48-month device financing, 0% interest, and no term mobile contract,” the release says. “Rogers customers with the Rogers red credit card also get up to 2.6% unlimited cash back on all purchases.”
The Rogers Connected for Success program offers high-speed, low-cost Ignite Internet, TV bundles and mobile plans to eligible low-income individuals and families. In July, Rogers expanded its Connected for Success high-speed internet program to Western Canada and Northern Ontario.
Photo borrowed from Rogers’s website.
