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| Industry Canada Seeks Input on Telecom Ownership Regulations
10/06/2010
Vancouver-based wireless operator, Telus Mobility, has launched an SMS notification system to help customers manage their mobile data usage.Subscribers with a monthly data plan will automatically receive free text-based notifications when they have used up 75% and 95% of their monthly allotment. Messages will also be sent once a customer has incurred $10 and $50 in overage charges.The text alerts... |
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| Telus Mobility Sends SMS Alerts to Help Users Track Data Usage
08/06/2010
Canada’s Industry Minister, Tony Clement, confirmed yesterday that the federal government plans to relax rules surrounding foreign investment in the Canadian telecommunications industry.The government will table a consultation paper on the issue “in the next few days,” followed by a public consultation process, Clement announced at the Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto.Foreign... |
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| Rogers, Bell, and Telus to Carry Apple iPhone 4
04/06/2010
Bell Mobility has started selling Research In Motion’s new 3G-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 9100 device, at a cost of $49.95 on a three-year service agreement, or $329.95 with no contract.The Pearl 9100 features a built-in trackpad, SureType keyboard, and 3.2-megapixel digital camera. It comes equipped with Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G mobile broadband technology, as well as BlackBerry Messenger... |
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| Mobilicity Readying Mobile Content Portal
01/06/2010
Upstart cell phone carrier, Wind Mobile, has announced plans to bring its service to Vancouver later this week.Beginning on Thursday (June 3), Vancouver will become the fifth Canadian city where Wind is available, following Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, and Ottawa. The company’s ‘Chat,’ ‘Always Talk,’ and ‘Always Shout’ plans are priced at $15, $35, and... |
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| Wind Mobile Coming to Vancouver This Week
27/05/2010
Rogers Communications is making its 52 Canadian radio stations available to Apple iPhone users via a free ‘Rogers Radio iPhone app.’The application is available exclusively to Rogers Wireless and Fido customers, giving Rogers a new edge over Bell and Telus, which also offer the iPhone. It allows users to search radio stations by genre or location, request songs, and get a list of the... |
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| Rogers Launches Radio App for iPhone Users
26/05/2010
Bell Mobility is seeking to compete with Rogers’ convenient Rocket Hub product, launching its own ‘Turbo Hub’ device.The Turbo Hub converts an HSPA cellular signal into a portable broadband connection, accessible to up to 15 people via Ethernet ports or Wi-Fi.The new device costs $149 on a two-year Bell Mobility contract costing at least $40/month, or $399 with no contract. |
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| Bell Mobility Announces iPad Data Pricing
18/05/2010
As the Ottawa area runs low on available phone numbers, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission has created a new area code for eastern Ontario.Ottawa-area residents who sign up for a new landline or cell phone could soon receive a number beginning with ‘343,’ rather than the traditional ‘613′ area code.The region affected by the change includes the... |
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| CRTC Launches ‘343′ Area Code in Eastern Ontario
10/05/2010
Aspiring cell phone carrier, Mobilicity (also known as DAVE Wireless), has gained regulatory approval to begin offering wireless services in Canada.The CRTC has licensed Mobilicity to operate in areas covering more than half of the country’s population, including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa.“We have been given the approval to offer Canadians truly competitive... |
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| 80% of Canadians Used Internet in 2009
04/05/2010
Canada’s official opposition leader, Michael Ignatieff, is promising that if elected Prime Minister, he would extend high-speed internet access to all rural, remote, and northern communities.Ignatieff says he would ensure 100% broadband access within three years of taking power, and claims that this would cost just $500 million, which could be covered by the proceeds of Canada’s next... |
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| Ignatieff Promises 100% Broadband Penetration in Rural Canada
28/04/2010
Canadian wireless operator, Telus Mobility, has begun offering the Motorola Backflip, the third Google Android-based smartphone to join its lineup.The Backflip features a 3.1-inch high-resolution touchscreen display, folding QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel digital camera, and Motorola’s one-stop social networking platform, MotoBlur. Telus is selling the phone for $249.99 on a three-year... |
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