Consumer Technology

TORONTO — Experts say Canadian travellers face among the highest fees for international roaming on their cellphones after years of rate hikes by the country's largest carriers. Gerry Wall, president of Wall Communications Inc.

Rogers Communications' plan to buy out Bell's ownership share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment could become a big victory for an emerging power player on the sports media scene.

VANCOUVER — Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices by students.

EDMONTON — The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association says the rollout of new policies banning cellphone use in classrooms starting this fall has some teachers confused about how they'll be expected to follow them.

Back to school could mean back to the hot seat for Big Tech.

Bell Canada president Mirko Bibic says the company takes complaints from Yukon residents about poor cellphone service in the territory "extremely seriously.

WHITEHORSE, YUKON, CANADA — Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says Bell should be embarrassed by the terrible cellphone service the territory has been getting over the last several months.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island is following in the footsteps of several other provinces and restricting cellphone use in schools.

OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the issue of competition in the big tech-dominated digital wallet market should be on the Competition Bureau's radar.

TORONTO — Apple says Canadians will soon get access to a program providing them with the parts, tools and manuals they need to fix their own devices.