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Solo Mobile will re-launch this month to offer Unlimited talk & text plans
We let you know a few weeks ago that Bell was going to restructure Solo Mobile to take on Rogers new wireless brand “Chatr”. Today during the Q2 conference call CEO George Cope stated that Solo will officially re-launch sometime in August and offer an Unlimited talk & text plans in urban areas (probably Toronto, Calgary , Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa). No other details were given about specific plans or a date but you’ll be able to get yourself a Solo device from over 500 of The Source locations.
We thought Solo was going to axed when Bell fully took over Virgin Mobile, but George Cope stated that “We kept the Solo brand in case we saw this development. We’ll stay competitive in that space. Solo Mobile will re-launch, it will launch in August and be competitive with chatr. We will defend our third of the postpaid market”.
Via: The Globe
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If they don’t relaunch in Montreal, I’m telling you, I’m out of there faster than you could imagine.
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“We thought Virgin was going to axed when Bell fully took over Virgin Mobile,”
should be
“We thought Solo was going to axed when Bell fully took over Virgin Mobile,”
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So much for competition. I still have the same 3 offered to me. In fact even less as Rogers has reception problems with mountains and trees.
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So what about Montreal.. WHAT ABOUT THE MARITIME PROVINCES LIKE NB/NS/PEI and NFLD… why do we ALWAYS get shafted!!
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Oh sweet christ I don’t need another august launch to deal with. Chatr, Iphone 4, galaxy s and q3 changes are enough!
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Let me guess… the plans will be $35 and $45!
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Screw these urban coverage area’s. This is BS. Prediction… first company to expand gets the pot of gold.
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I’d love to know how Don came up with those figures…possibly insider information.
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Jarr, you’re right – why should we pay for anything! All these companies make is money – that should never be allowed! We should never encourage companies to be profitable.
It’s called capitalism i***t. Nobody puts a gun to your head and forces you to buy their products. If you don’t like capitalism, I suggest you move to North Korea. I hear it’s lovely this time of year.
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screw just free data, I don’t want to pay for sat. dish, clothes or groceries!
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so i have a solo mobile phone but i dont live in one of those area so what happens to my contract
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@Matthew:
Just be patient …. Videotron’s launching in Montreal is imminent and Public has already launched in Montreal. In Atlantic, EastLink/Bragg bought some wireless bands and presumably they will provide services in the future.
Does anyone in MobileSyrup have any update on how EastLink/Bragg is doing?
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I sense some panic in some of the posts…
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@Pablo El Camino
you obviously haven’t read my previous posts. i was being sarcastic. i know a thing or two about the required returns for the investors of capital into these (and any) company.
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as for only in urban areas…you do realize that Chatr and now Solo are only available in WIND + Mobilicity areas right? These are attacks to drive true competition out of canada. As for wind/mobilicity (and therefore chatr/solo) not being in the maritime region, this has to do with simple economics. They start in the larger, high density cities and then move on. Wind/Mobilicity seem to be focusing their money on expansion and reliability rather than new cities for now. And why would chatr/solo offer decently priced unlimited plans when there is no competition in that area.
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Solo runs on the Bell network. How hard is it to just subdivide the country into local zones. There’s already tons of competition in these cities. One would think that they’d also be able to just jump into the smaller cities like Winnipeg, Regina, Lethbridge. You already have the network and kiosks in place. There’s already a ton of competition for the larger cities. Get a lock on the smaller centers and you’ll make more money.
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I’m not a huge fan of the unlimited plans that are limited to certain places, but it’s not a bad idea to offer it as a choice as long as regular plans remain.
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Seems to me Wind can not catch a break here.. What will poor jabroni do now? Sell shiny suits? naaaa he is way past that stage.. I know he can find the shirtless one and have a 2 man act
oh wait.. the clueless one will also be out of work so the 3 stooges can be a trio!
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I can’t believe im saying this but I would consider solo mobile even though there call centre is phillipines.
CHATR customer service SUCKS! I can tell you why, billing issues, payment issues, calling issues (seem resolved fo rnow but they aren’t 100% sure)
also big scam is they have no top-up available for their $35 or $45 plan, making you have to pay more unless you use a credit card with **** billing system.
“chatr top-ups are available in $10, $40 & $50 denominations.”
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Interesting Chat-r full bars everywhere wind works.. but wind.. not so much..
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