Rogers ordered to pay C$15 million over wireless ads

Canada’s Competition Tribunal has ordered Rogers Communications to pay a C$15 million penalty over advertising for its Infinite wireless plans, along with publishing a corrective notice and paying the Competition Bureau’s legal costs. The tribunal’s October 28, 2026, order grants the commissioner’s application under the Competition Act’s deceptive marketing provisions. The Bureau alleged that Rogers’ advertising gave consumers a misleading impression of the data service included in the plans. The tribunal’s full reasons were not yet public. The dispute focused on the plans’ high-speed data limits. According to the Bureau’s case, customers received a set allowance of high-speed service, after which their speeds were reduced for the rest of the billing cycle. The Bureau said the restrictions were not adequately conveyed in advertising that presented the plans as unlimited or infinite. One account of the case said speeds fell to about 512 kilobits per second after the limit was reached. The Bureau had sought a C$15 million penalty alongside customer refunds, or C$135 million if refunds were considered inappropriate. The tribunal ordered the C$15 million penalty but did not order...