Cable / Telecom News

Wireless incumbents, flanker brands, raise rates


TORONTO – This week marks both the arrival of spring, and a jump in the price of most voice and data plans offered by the country’s wireless incumbents and their respective flanker brands.Bell matched Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility this week by increasing the price of the majority of its plans by $5 per month.  Virgin, Fido and Koodo, owned by Bell, Rogers and Telus, respectively, all increased prices by about $5 per month earlier this month.The price hike will help to offset the introduction of unlimited voice and text plans by all three incumbents last year, plans that include unlimited...