Rogers today announced its latest LTE roaming agreement. You can now add the U.S. to the list of countries where Rogers will be able to offer LTE roaming to to its customers. Rogers also points out that “this agreement with AT&T makes Rogers the first Canadian carrier to offer LTE roaming for wireless customers travelling to the U.S.” “We are […]
Roaming – International
Bell cutting U.S. roaming rates by 50%
Bell today announced that it will cut a number of consumer U.S. roaming plans by 50%. Saying “We heard you,” it explains that the move is “part of the company’s focus on lowering costs for customers who use their mobile phones while travelling outside Canada.” “During the summer, Canadians told the federal government that they support wireless competition and strongly […]
Rogers and Swisscom AG sign bilateral LTE roaming agreement
Rogers Communications yesterday announced a new agreement with Switzerland’s Swisscom AG that will see both companies offer LTE roaming on each other’s networks to their customers. While travelling in Canada or Switzerland, subscribers with 2600MHz LTE devices will be able to experience “some of the world’s fastest available LTE wireless internet speeds.” “We are proud to be the first Canadian […]
Free Canada Day US Roaming Offer From Roam Mobility
Canada Day is not too far away and Roam Mobility will celebrate with an offer that any Canadian travelling to the US will be interested in. On that day, customers ordering a 1, 3, or 7 day Talk+Text or Talk+Text+Data plan will receive it for free. The promotion is pretty simple: New customers must buy a Roam Mobility SIM card […]
Rogers to launch new U.S. data roaming plan this spring
Rogers on Friday announced that it will soon launch a new roaming rate for customers travelling to the United States. The CA$7.99 pay-per-use plan will give customers 50MB of data in a 24 hour period while they are travelling in the U.S. Rogers estimates that this is nearly twice the average customer’s daily domestic usage and should be enough for […]
Public Mobile now offering US roaming
Public Mobile yesterday announced that it is now offering US roaming to its customers. The rates will be the same as in Canada (CA$0.15 a minute to send or receive a call, free incoming texts and CA$0.15 for each outgoing text). “Until now, the cost to roam while in the U.S. has been ridiculous,” said Public Mobile CEO, Alek Krstajic. […]
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 […]