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UPDATE: Public Mobile launching “first half of 2010″

By on December 21, 2009 at 3:10pm in Mobile News, Public Mobile, Various News

We just received an e-mail from our friends over at Public Mobile. Earlier today we wrote about how they will not be launching in 2009 but now sometime in the “first half of 2010″. It’s well known that Public Mobile will target the “value conscious” market in Ontario and Quebec by offering a monthly $40 unlimited talk and text plan.

Here is what we were sent:
Q: When will Public Mobile launch?
A: Our original plan was to launch service in late 2009/early 2010. It now looks like we’ll be offering service in the first half of 2010. Last summer’s city strike in Toronto held up the permitting process for building our DAS (distributed antenna system) network. We want to make sure our customers have access to the best possible network technology available. So, rather than building 200 large towers, we’ll be using approximately 1,200 DAS nodes. The benefit to our customers is high quality reception and the ability for the network to handle a high volume of calls at the same time.

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Discussion

7 comments for “UPDATE: Public Mobile launching “first half of 2010″”

  1. but still CDMA? GSM is the way of the future and they should’ve done that!

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    Posted by Nadeem Khan | December 21, 2009, 3:47 pm
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  2. CDMA? What is this 1995? One phone available? Good luck with that.

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    Posted by @matahtak | December 21, 2009, 4:31 pm
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  3. Whats the point of waiting for Public Mobile! They have less coverage then Wind,

    Wind Mobile already Offers Unlimited Talk for $35 ontario wide!

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    Posted by ricardo | December 21, 2009, 5:00 pm
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  4. They’re a bit too late, if they have started up their network before WIND they may of had a chance in the market…

    I don’t see why people wouldn’t get wind… CDMA sucks…

    Public Mobile will probably be the first to go out of business, unless they make their plan $30

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    Posted by Eric Hau | December 21, 2009, 9:52 pm
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  5. Public Mobile ruins the complete shift towards HSPA by all carriers in Canada.

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    Posted by joe | December 22, 2009, 1:30 am
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  6. Have to agree with Tony Lacavera on this one; with WIND launching I don’t see how Public Mobile gets any business. Their coverage is extremely limited and their technology relatively primitive.

    I think DAVE has a better chance, as they at least are launching in more of the big urban centres across Canada and not just Toronto and Montreal.

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    Posted by Matthew | December 22, 2009, 9:14 am
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  7. All you guys bashing cdma are not smart. The market Public Mobile is going after doesnt travel, so GSM is not nesessary, nor will most of their customers know the difference. As long as their reception is good there will be no problem.

    AND, the reason why people would fr Public is because WIND is not available in Quebec.

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    Posted by Steve | December 22, 2009, 9:52 am
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