List of All Telecom News
| Many Canadians Unprepared for 2011 Digital TV Transition
15/07/2010
As Mobilicity schemes to take Rogers Wireless to the Competition Bureau over its new discount wireless brand, another Canadian wireless startup, Wind Mobile, is taking a different, more competitive approach.Wind is offering a $150 credit to customers who switch from Rogers, its subsidiary Fido, or its forthcoming discount brand Chatr. The promotion will be valid until August 15, and will take the... |
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| Wind Mobile Lures Rogers and Fido Customers with $150 Credit
13/07/2010
Canadian wireless carrier, Bell Mobility, has started offering refurbished iPhone 3G and 3GS devices, in an effort to clear out excess inventory ahead of the impending launch of the iPhone 4.Bell, which has carried the iPhone since last November, is offering “refreshed” iPhone 3G devices for as little as $9.95 on a three-year contract. The iPhone 3GS starts at $49.95 on the same... |
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| Bell Mobility Offers Refurbished iPhones From $9.95
12/07/2010
Canadian wireless startup, Mobilicity, is confronting larger rival, Rogers Wireless, accusing that company of unfair competitive practices.Mobilicity’s anger is directed at Rogers’ forthcoming discount brand, Chatr, which Mobilicity Chairman, John Bitove, describes as ” a phone service basically trying to duplicate to ours, only in the markets we`re launching.”Like... |
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| Mobilicity Accuses Rogers Wireless of Violating Competition Act
08/07/2010
Toronto commuters can check streetcar arrival times on their mobile phones, thanks to a new SMS inquiry service by the Toronto Transit Commission.Commuters can use the service by texting their stop number to ‘898882.’ Almost immediately, they will receive a text message with estimated arrival times for the next six streetcars.Toronto’s streetcars are equipped with GPS tracking... |
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| SaskTel to Launch 3G Network in August
06/07/2010
Jason Boutang, an Apple iPhone user from Calgary, Alberta, was shocked to receive a Virgin Mobile cell phone bill of almost $8,000 this month.Boutang apparently racked up most of the charges during a seven-day trip to France in early June, during which time he used two iPhone apps — a translator and a radio streaming service — which made use of the device’s data connection.... |
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| Rogers Wireless Launches Nokia 7020 Flip Phone
04/07/2010
Rogers Wireless has started promoting the Samsung Wave device, putting it in direct competition with Bell Mobility which is expected to release the new smartphone on July 8.The Wave is powered by Samsung’s new Bada operating system and features a 3.3-inch AMOLED display, 1-GHz processor, built-in Wi-Fi, and a 5-megapixel digital camera with auto-focus and HD video recording capabilities.... |
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| Samsung Wave on Display at Rogers Wireless Stores
03/07/2010
Dozens of University of Alberta professors are losing access to landline telephones, as a result of the institution’s latest round of budget cuts.Foreign language and philosophy departments have already been affected, while English and film studies departments are next on the list, according to Chris Calhoun, assistant chair of the Edmonton university. A total of 60 faculty members will... |
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| Bell Mobility Mis-Prices iPhone 3GS at $0.00
01/07/2010
Mobile VoIP users, who make calls over platforms such as Truphone and Skype, will rack up 15 billion minutes of talk time this year a figure that will double each subsequent year through 2015, according to a new report by Juniper Research.By 2015, Juniper expects mobile VoIP services to account for 470.6 million minutes to annual talk time. 135 billion of these minutes will come out of the... |
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| National Film Board Releases iPad App
30/06/2010
Seattle-based coffee chain, Starbucks, will offer unlimited free Wi-Fi access in its U.S. and Canadian outlets beginning tomorrow (July 1).Customers could previously receive only two hours of free Wi-Fi, and only after entering a valid Starbucks card number and selecting a password, a process considered confusing and arduous by many users.“The new, unlimited Wi-Fi offering features a... |
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| Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi at U.S. and Canadian Locations
29/06/2010
Canada’s leading cell phone carrier, Rogers Wireless, is rumoured to be readying a new discount wireless brand, so as to complement its existing Fido business and better compete with new market entrants such as Public Mobile, Mobilicity, and WIND.Numerous industry blogs and at least one analyst are reporting that Rogers will launch the new service under the brand name: ‘chat.r’.... |
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