| Telus Discounts Motorola Milestone by $50
09/03/2010
Canada’s newest cell phone carrier, WIND Mobile, may have jumped the gun when it launched services in Toronto and Calgary last December, according to a new report by the SeaBoard Group.Customers have reported problems with the company’s wireless network and billing system, which suggests that WIND may not have tested its systems adequately.“We believe that it shows evidence of a... |
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| WIND Mobile Launched Too Hastily, Says SeaBoard Group
04/03/2010
Telus Mobility announced today that it has gained exclusive rights to sell Motorola’s new ‘Backflip‘ smartphone in the Canadian market.The Backflip is powered by a Google Android operating system and comes equipped with Motorola’s MotoBlur interface, enabling easy access to various feeds and social networking services. It has a 3.1-inch touchscreen display and fold-out... |
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| Telus Mobility to Carry Motorola Backflip in Canada
01/03/2010
Globalive Communications announced today that it will bundle its WIND Mobile wireless services alongside the telephone and internet offerings of Yak Communications.The WIND and Yak brands are both owned by Globalive, which recently began offering flat-rate wireless packages in select Canadian markets. Yak was founded in 1998 and offers low-cost home phone, long distance, and high-speed internet... |
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| Globalive Bundles Yak and WIND Mobile Services
25/02/2010
Canada’s three leading wireless operators, Rogers, Bell, and Telus, have completed interoperability testing of a new technology that will enable inter-carrier video calling.All three carriers offer video calling, but up until now, users have only been able to communicate with people on the same network. Now that all three carriers use HSPA mobile broadband technology, it has become possible... |
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| WIND Mobile Opens Retail Outlets in Edmonton
18/02/2010
Calgary-based cable giant, Shaw Communications, announced today that it will begin testing an ultra-fast ‘Gigabit’ internet service based on fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband technology.The new service will support download speeds of up to 1-Gbps, making it ten times faster than the company’s existing High-Speed Nitro offering, which runs at 100-Mbps.Shaw expects to begin... |
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| Wireless Giants to Establish Cross-Platform App Store
15/02/2010
Vancouver-based telecommunications operator, Telus, has confirmed rumours that it will begin selling the much-anticipated Motorola Milestone device this week, although it has still not divulged a specific date.The Google Android-based smartphone, which is almost identical to the Motorola Droid currently being sold in the U.S., will most likely become available on February 18, according to... |
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| 5-Billion Mobile Phones in Use By End of Year, UN Predicts
11/02/2010
Canadian telecom giant and Olympic sponsor, Bell Canada, has released a free virtual cowbell application to drum up excitement about the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, which begin in Vancouver tomorrow.The novelty application simply displays a large cowbell, which rings whenever you shake, tap, or click your device (depending on model). It is available for the Apple iPhone 3G/3GS, Samsung Omnia, and... |
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| Telus May Launch Motorola Milestone on February 18
04/02/2010
Canada’s leading internet service provider, Bell, has announced plans to boost broadband speeds to as high as 100-Mbps, through the roll-out of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology.The company says it will begin its FTTH deployment in Quebec City, and will install the technology in select housing developments throughout Ontario and Quebec over the next three years. This will allow for... |
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| Bell Canada to Roll Out Fiber-Optic Broadband Technology
02/02/2010
Forthcoming Canadian cell phone operator, DAVE Wireless, has unveiled a new logo and brand name and says it is preparing to begin offering wireless voice and data services this spring.The company will operate under the brand name, “Mobilicity,” and plans to launch its first wireless network in the city of Toronto. Mobilicity services will be extended to customers in Vancouver,... |
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| DAVE Wireless Unveils New Brand Name: ‘Mobilicity’
01/02/2010
Canadian cell phone carriers have made good on a regulatory command requiring them to implement enhanced 911 technology on wireless networks.The new technology, which was ordered by the CRTC in early 2009, uses GPS and cell tower triangulation to pinpoint the location of a 911 caller and automatically transmit this information to emergency dispatchers. Although the pinpointing is not as precise... |
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