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WIND Mobile Q3 2011 results show a total of 358,000 subscribers
Wind Mobile has plans to expand their coverage area in all their current markets, plus roll out to London by the end of this year, and enter Halifax and Winnipeg in 2012. In addition, Wind is going hard this quarter by releasing a number of new handsets and making their $29/month all-in talk, text and data plan available.
Orascom Telecom, the company who provided debt-financing to Wind Mobile Canada (Globalive), announced their Q3 2011 results today and as a company they now have 109 million customers, an increase of 12% when compared to last year. Where does Wind Mobile Canada fall into the mix? Well, the report states that “WIND Mobile subscribers increased 156% compared to 3Q 2010, showing a wide acceptance rate of customers across various segments”. At the end of Q3 2011 (September 30th) the total number of subscribers reached 358,000 – up 41,000 from Q2, and up 218,319 from 2010.
Other carrier Q3 results in Canada were as follows:
Rogers increased by 161,000 to total 9,288,000 subscribers
Bell also increased by 85,749 to reach 7,369,596
TELUS increased by 114,000 subs to now total 7.2 million
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I like the way Wind is going. Their network is definitely not on par with the Big 3 – but it’s getting better. They’re also expanding a lot quicker than their rivals at Mobilicity, and seem to have a great online community blossoming. Great deals, slowly growing variety in phones… give them a few years, and they’ll definitely be a force to be reckoned with. So long as the CRTC doesn’t shut them down.
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the CRTC battle is over, Rogers, Bell and Telus have all stopped complaining, now it just PM (cue phoneguy)
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Public Mobile’s flagship phone, the Public Mobile Buzz, reminds me a lot of a Samsung Link. That’s not a compliment.
WIND has added a few little cities, which helps them boost their subscriber numbers a bit. i have two lines with them. The Big 3, of course, have way more network coverage, which explains their high subscriber numbers. Overall, this is really good news. Keep up the good work, WIND Mobile!
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Yeah! you go Wind!
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All the power to them. I hope they keep on growing.
Having said that I won’t be considering joining them until they have better coverage, reliability and phone selection.
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Well. After robbed out by Rogers and Telus, I moved to wind as soon as my contract expired. Though the network is not the best, I am enjoying my freedom with unlimited everything at a much much lower price. My only request to Wind: Please don’t become like big 3 when you will expand your network!!!
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Phone selection is stopping me from jumping ship from VIRGIN to WIND. I’d love to see some new Android devices in all 3 budgets. (low/mid/high)
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galaxy nexus ftw
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I made the switch to Wind in the summer as soon as I moved to TO and haven’t regretted it once! Their coverage is surprisingly good in the GTA and expanding constantly (every month it seems) to more cities in southern Ontario. Data speeds are hit and miss though.
I experienced more dropped calls when I was on Rogers, and when you leave your Wind zone you end up on them. Basically if you’re in doubt, don’t believe the misleading comments on here you read from time to time, they’re bs, make the switch and save yourself big $$
PS I actually look forward to getting my cell bill now, just so I can taunt my gf with it and also enjoy all the colours they use on them! Go Wind
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I’ve been with Wind for 11 months.
I pay $40 for unlimited Canada, USA, text, voicemail, cid, data, mms.
Unfortunately, that $40 plan was a limited time offer, but I still have it and I will NEVER give it up.
I luv Wind
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Nicely done. Don’t forget to improve your existing coverage while expanding to other areas!
Big three… Watch out the the sleeping tiger… Your three year term service is out of reality!
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HOLIDAY MIRACLE PLAN FTW
wooohooooo!
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nice! and ARPU is dropping
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Now please update the Optimus 2X to GINGERBREAD? I don’t want to void my warranty just to get my phone which was promised to be updated to Android 2.3
Please WIND! That’s all I ask!!
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LG just recently stated that they are not going to launch a Gingerbread update for both Wind and Videotron, claiming the number of units sold doesn’t make it worth their while. Wind has always stated that when LG releases an update to them they will launch it, until then nothing can happen.
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is that a good number? I would doubt it… How can these guy’s make money … i am no accounting but seems low very low, unless churn is the problem
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so these guys have 350K and spent 10 times more than other entrants.public mobile has 150K, terrible phones, no data, …to me it looks like public mobile has a better strategy
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I these results date back to q3. Wind probably gained some subs since then. Especially with the $29 plan and back-to-school purchases.
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Can you specify where and when they got $5 billions ???
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Sorry to spoil the love in but to me coverage is #1 Bell takes that spot Easley.Telus lacks big time in Manitoba. Rogers hasn’t added a tower in BC and Sask for so long I can’t remember when the last time was.Wind still doesn’t cover all of Calgary Wind customers roam on Rogers can’t tell network,For a fee.
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With all the people out there saying ‘Death to Contracts’ shouldn’t have more then that??
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From the financial statements, should be: “up 41,000 from Q2, and up 218,319 from 2010.” instead of 2009
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These are awful results. Wind had wanted to be at 1.5 million subscribers by the end of 2012.
At the rate they are going, they wont even be at a third of that (.5 million) by the end of 2011. How are they going to add 1 million customers next year to reach their goal?
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41K in the most active quarter in 5 markets ( GTA could be counted as 2 markets, with Niagara, Hamilton etc) that represents , 8200 per market, or 2733 per market per month or 91 per day per market… Is it just me but seems very small. For a company that spent over 1G so far, that lost 1 CEO, almost all VP’s they had at launch its not good. Q3 is now the best selling quarter for all wireless providers in Canada…forget about the fanboys, from a pure economic stand point these guys cannot go far at this pace… would like to see a financial analyst report later today or tomorrow on this . One thing tho is that prices are going down in Canada, if the new entrants disappear at one point i hope prices will remain low
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This is not good sustainable growth from wind especially if they are not making profit currently. It is good numbers but their goal of achieving 1.5 million is a long way off and it shows just how many people need more coverage than city zones.
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WIND started the Super Smart $29 promo back in August 13th and the Windtab+ around the same time too. And still they only gained 1 new sub for every 9 new subs that Robellus brought in that quarter? And we expect WIND to be the national #4 one day? They have low, low prices and heavily subsidized handsets (like Robellus). And they’re still struggling to attract and/or retain.
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Guess I’m just lucky I live in Downtown Toronto because I never get signal issues at all. I’ve been with wind since October 2010 and have been very satisfied.
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I was with Wind mobile for 2 months before switching back to Telus. While the plan was AWESOME, the coverage just wasn’t up to par for me yet. More power to them though. I notice that Telus has adopted some of Wind’s policies (i.e. with each monthly bill, they deduct a certain amount from the remaining cost on your phone…so if you end your contract you only owe what’s left on your “tab”). So thanks to Wind it looks like the big 3 are starting to re-think their strategies.
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[...] Wind, meanwhile, wanted to have 1.5 million customers by the end of 2012 – with only 350,000 so far, the company isn’t going to get anywhere near [...]
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cowboy84: Telus did not take Wind’s tab policies. It was the other way around.
Telus started the tab concept when they launched koodo. Wind just followed Koodo.
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I suffered with Rogers and tolerated them for 4 years, then I suffered with Fido and tolerated them for another 3 years. I had a conversation with Fido and told them I’m going to go to Wind, what can you do. They offered me shitty deal, I said not good enough. They just shrugged. 2 months later I signed up with Wind, and now I am not suffering anymore. I love my mobile phone service finally. Thank you wind. It’ll be a sad day for Canada if you cannot stick it out here.
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