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Metro PCS rolls out new tiers for LTE plans

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by Colton Kaiser on
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MetroPCS has announced a shift in its pricing plans for LTE customers across the country, effectively bringing more data options to a vast array of subscribers. The three new tiers include the same $60 plan, as well as throttled $50 and $40 plans.

The $60 plan still allows users the full smorgasbord of unlimited options, including talk, text and unthrottled data. For those who’d like to take a step down, the $50 plan allows unlimited talk and text, with unlimited data. However speeds for that particular plan will be dropped to 3G after 2.5 gigabytes of usage. For those interested in a budget option, the $40 plan still offers unlimited talk, text and web, though data speeds will be slowed after the first 500MB. » Read the rest

Bell introduces array of new unlimited talk and text plans

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Canadian carrier Bell mobility has announced a slew of new unlimited talk and text plans that are slated to go head to head with Roger’s recently announced offerings. Unsurprisingly, unlimited data is nowhere to be found, but the company does manage to undercut a few other northern carriers in terms of pricing.

The new plans include:

  • $55/month 1000 minutes, 200 MB broadband data
  • $65/month unlimited local talk, 1 GB broadband data and 10 hours of Bell MobileTV
  • $75/month unlimited local talk, 3 GB broadband data and 10 hours of Bell MobileTV
  • $95/month unlimited Canada-wide talk, 5 GB broadband data and 10 hours of Bell MobileTV
Bell is also offering unlimited nationwide long-distance calling for an additional $10 per month. The new plans will be available beginning November 9th and can be purchased online or in any brick-and-mortar store.

Source: NewsWire

Canadian carrier Rogers set to launch unlimited talk plans starting November 7th

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by Macky Evangelista on
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The Canadian wireless carrier Rodgers is planning to overhaul their plans. The plans look great and it seems like they’re focusing on unlimited texting and calling on most of the plans, while differentiating on the data portion. Here’s what you can expect within the new plans:

  • $55 (Occasional plan) – 200 MB, 1,000 weekday minutes
  • $65 (Social plan) – 1 GB, unlimited local calling
  • $75 (Streamer plan) – 3 GB, unlimited local calling
  • $95 (Connected plan) – 5 GB, unlimited Canada-wide calling

Rogers plans to unveil these plans and make them available tomorrow November the 7th. Any Rogers customers out there going to gives these a go?

source: Android Central

T-Mobile Set To Raise Price On Classic 5GB And 10GB Data Features

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by Roy Alugbue on
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Here’s some important news if you’re a T-Mobile subscriber: prepare for a minor price increase for certain data plans. Starting April 4th, T-Mobile will increase the price of the Premium 5GB Promotional Bundles and Ultra 10GB Promotional Bundles Classic data features by $5 per month. The currently available Classic 5GB and 10GB promotional bundles will be replaced with new plans and a $5 monthly rate increase.

According to leaked internal T-Mobile documents, the following key points are highlighted:

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US Cellular switching to tiered data plans with LTE on track for November

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by Harold Williams on
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Are all the carriers playing follow the leader? Perhaps it’s more a setup of falling dominos. Following the pack, US Cellular announced in an earnings call that they will be moving to tiered data plans. No hard details on those plans are known at this time.

US Cellular also pointed out they’re still on track to bring 4G in November, with at least one LTE enabled smartphone to hit around the same time. Is this announcement of tiered data hitting alongside 4G due to congestion fears? Since all the carriers seem to be falling suit there must be a good reason for it right?

The end of tiered data just doesn’t feel right, but I’m trying to understand and appreciate where the carriers are coming from. Currently, I seem to be a 2 gig a month guy using as much WiFi as I can while at home or work, but this may change. Now that we can stream Netflix on our phones and enjoy our music streaming from the cloud I can see why carriers are trying to manage the data. I’d have to guess with 4G hitting more areas there will be more applications to take advantage of this experience and use even more data.

What do you think about this and how much data are you currently using monthly?

[via engadget]

Rogers price plans leaked for upcoming Nexus S launch

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by Jesse Bauer on
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All major carriers in Canada will be launching the Nexus S over the next few weeks, and Rogers prices have been released, which should more or less set the standard for pricing across Canada for others to follow. Prices are shown in the flyer above, and place the Nexus S at $499.99 outright, $449.99 on a month to month or 1 year plan, and finally $99.99 on the introductory price with a 3 year contract.

You may also notice in the flyer that it says the 3 year contract would be $349.99 normally, which we hope Rogers doesn’t do because that is insanity! Don’t worry though, if Rogers does that eventually, it’ll only open the door wider for places like Videotron and Telus to mark it much lower and thus…steal customers.

Rogers, you so funny sometimes!

[via mobilesyrup]