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WIND Mobile turns 2, next year will see “all the latest devices coming from Motorola, Nokia and Samsung”

By on December 16, 2011 at 3:05pm in Mobile News, WIND Mobile

Two years ago today WIND Mobile opened shop in Toronto and promised “real competition” by “creating a better mobile offering”. Since that cold December day, WIND was put through the ringer on the foreign ownership concerns, expanded their coverage into several Canadian cities, continued to offer unlimited plans, plus came out with a subsidized payment option called the WINDTab.

The goal has always been to sign up 1.5 million subscribers by the end of 2012. In a conversation today with Tony Lacavera, WIND Mobile CEO, he stated they now have upwards of 400,000 subscribers and have built 1,000 cell sites across the country. 2012 will see continued growth in coverage, opening up in Barrie, Peterborough, Windsor, Kingston, Belleville, Mission, Saskatoon, Halifax, Winnipeg and Regina. This expansion will also see them build an additional 450 cell sites next year.

In addition, specifically on their 2012 handset lineup, Lacavera said “the Verizon acquisition of AWS frequencies significantly improves our handset road map, so I’m actually very bullish now that we need to be on par with everyone”… he would not say specifics, but you can bet to see the Galaxy Nexus, plus “all the latest devices coming from Motorola, Nokia and Samsung”.

Above is a video of the official launch… lots of change over the past couple years.

Related posts:

  1. WIND to launch 1 or 2 Android devices. Plus HTC, BlackBerry, Nokia, & Samsung before the end of the year
  2. Wind delays Victoria launch to at least April
  3. WIND Mobile says they’ll launch in Halifax, Winnipeg and Regina next year
  4. WIND confirms new BlackBerry, Nokia and Huawei devices are coming soon

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42 comments for “WIND Mobile turns 2, next year will see “all the latest devices coming from Motorola, Nokia and Samsung””

  1. Happy Birthday WIND!

    Keep on growing! but dont turn out to be like Robellus once you are big!

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    Posted by Beso | December 16, 2011, 3:13 pm
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    • I was so sure of myself joining Wind Mobile a while ago, until I went to the MobileSyrup forum and read what most people experienced with their service.. :( I hope they recognize what they are doing is right and what is wrong. :)

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      Posted by Wia | December 18, 2011, 1:14 pm

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    Posted by AWSguy | December 16, 2011, 3:17 pm
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    Posted by AWSguy | December 16, 2011, 3:18 pm
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  4. @AWSguy Won’t that mean future upgrade of WIND to 4G LTE?

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    Posted by Andrew | December 16, 2011, 3:31 pm
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    • No. WIND uses their 2100 AWS for HSPA services. To do LTE they’d need new spectrum (hence the 700 MHz auction complaining) or they’d have to greatly reduce 2100 service in favor of LTE. They won’t do the latter, so if they do any LTE it’ll likely be on 700 (and it’s the preferred LTE band anyways).

      Unless Verizon turns that purchased AWS into HSPA services, there’s no reason to produce additional phones there to please them. It’s best guess, but it’ll likely be LTE which means WIND gains nothing out of it.

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      Posted by Guy | December 16, 2011, 3:52 pm

    • No. Lte still can’t do voice and needs hspa fallback. Also wind can’t get rid of hspa and go Lte that would make all present phones useless

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      Posted by AWSguy | December 16, 2011, 6:33 pm

    • When Wind acquires 700Mhz spectrum, they will begin to move HSPA service to it and LTE to the AWS bands. By having LTE for data on AWS frequencies, they will be able to get handsets and data devices built for other carriers and there will be a wider variety of hardware to choose from.

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      Posted by InfinitiGuy | December 17, 2011, 9:45 am

  5. is it me or does Wind always say they’ll be getting the “latest devices.” And yet here we are.. Wind’s 2011 handset portfolio looks like the 2010 T-Mobile portfolio and by the time we see a Wind Galaxy Nexus I’m sure Samsung will have released the Galaxy S3, count on it.

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    Posted by Jason Ip | December 16, 2011, 3:32 pm
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  6. latest devices from Nokia… does that mean the Lumia 800/900? Yes please!!

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    Posted by skinnypig | December 16, 2011, 3:43 pm
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  7. If the Lumia 800/900 is on WIND we have a done deal! So glad I didn’t renew or signup my contract with anyone after my old one lapsed with Rogers!

    2012 Q1 FTW

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    Posted by Stu | December 16, 2011, 3:52 pm
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  8. how about this one

    http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/12/16/droid-razr-maxx-surfaces-again-headed-for-verizon/

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    Posted by Nic | December 16, 2011, 3:59 pm
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  9. I just signed up for their $40 holiday miracle plan and the coverage in Calgary is not as bad as I thought. I have 3 bars 90% of the time, except when I go to the deep south of Calgary

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    Posted by Mo | December 16, 2011, 4:06 pm
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    Posted by Plazmic | December 16, 2011, 4:07 pm
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  11. New Nokia I am not sure if Wind will be getting the Lumia 800/900, but they will most likely be getting the Lumia 710 because it is coming to T-mobile I think January 12
    good news to hear that they are getting new handsets. Wind had a pretty good lineup this year much better than I expected. I just hope they and other carriers in Canada can carry more WP7 phones

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    Posted by Matches Malone | December 16, 2011, 4:18 pm
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  12. It’s a good year to be a live :)

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    Posted by Yaguang | December 16, 2011, 4:48 pm
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  13. I think he doesn’t understand how phones work. I expect they’ll still have mostly shitty devices.

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    Posted by Matty | December 16, 2011, 5:30 pm
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    Posted by Big3Fan | December 16, 2011, 6:16 pm
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  15. I guess I missed the part where he promised to straighten out Wind’s Customer Service mess!

    Seems to me that would be the biggest single improvement Wind could make in 2012.

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    Posted by laridae | December 16, 2011, 6:20 pm
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  16. With an ARPU of $25 they are going to have a tough time no matter what.

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    Posted by CMan | December 16, 2011, 6:21 pm
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  17. I am glad WIND is here & have vastly improved their reception/quality after having a few issues earlier on . Their $ 40 Holiday Miracle Plan which they have relaunched for a limited time is great ..go for it if you have WIND in your area ..you won’t regret it ..you will never see anything like that from the BIG 3

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    Posted by Ra One | December 16, 2011, 6:24 pm
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  18. I don’t understand why Wind can’t expand into the eastern end of Toronto. Doesn’t Wind know that people live east of Morningside Ave. in Toronto? I keep reading here about Wind expanding into other cities which is great, but being told by a tech rep that you live in a red zone in Toronto just seems ridiculous. I hope Wind can expand some day into eastern Toronto.

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    Posted by George | December 16, 2011, 6:33 pm
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    Posted by Nikos | December 16, 2011, 7:09 pm
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    Posted by T1MB1T | December 16, 2011, 8:27 pm
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    • Please show us any evidence of that cash,,, they got 750 Millions from Egypt and that is all.

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      Posted by jules | December 16, 2011, 9:43 pm

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      Posted by WirelessBoy | December 17, 2011, 1:40 am

    • That’s odd, Wirelessboy, I have Lacavera’s cell phone number right in front of me. Ran a reverse lookup and hey presto it comes back as being held by Globalive Wireless Management Corp. That doesn’t much sound like Rogers.

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      Posted by Jonesy1966 | December 17, 2011, 10:10 am

    • @T1MB1T: Really? You show me on a map where the land is that they are buying BETWEEN cities. I don’t care about coverage inside huge cities, I don’t live in huge cities. I live between them. Wind doesn’t care about those customers though. No plans on building that infrastructure. They want their big customer base in their major cities and the rest of Canada can go to hell. Want proof? What’s the rate you pay when you leave their big urban centers? My bill would be 1000′s of dollars a month… Wind has a lot of work to do before I even CONSIDER looking in their direction. And don’t give me the, “Rogers/Bell/Telus is blocking us” speech. It’s a load of bull. You don’t think Rogers/Bell/Telus rent towers off other companies? You’de be wrong. Wind needs to open their wallet a little wider.

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      Posted by Jay | December 17, 2011, 10:42 am

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    Posted by ind | December 16, 2011, 9:33 pm
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  22. Jonesy sounds like he likes to lick Tony’s azz.

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    Posted by Diane | December 17, 2011, 12:53 pm
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  23. 2 years? I thought WIND only launched a year ago?

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    Posted by p | December 17, 2011, 2:17 pm
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      Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | December 17, 2011, 3:56 pm

  24. ahhh the fat man speaks.. we all know jabroni still has his Rogers phone.. its ok Mike.. its not a secret anymore. You gonna wear the moo moo to the all you can eat taco bar?

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    Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | December 17, 2011, 2:59 pm
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  25. Diane they take turns.. Jabroni does have 2 shoes.. mine you it takes time for mike jones, the king of the all you can eat buffet to get to the secret location that jabroni haunts.

    Does jabroni have a magic phone like you do mike? you know the kind that can get a signal anywhere.. or is that a Rogers phone.. ahhhh I see what you did there! niiice! pretend you are still on wind and maybe they hire you back as chief paytroll? I think they have stated they can not buy a chair to support your massive bulk.. not can they afford to have a plummer on staff to fix the clogged toilets after your purge sessions.

    Outsourced, contracted, jabronied, for sale and still crying like a baby.. and now denied in the EU!

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    Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | December 17, 2011, 3:03 pm
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  26. its kind of so sad, see all those rich foregin investor come invest money in this super cheap land and most of them end up with bankcrupcy or buy out by someone else, it wont take long for tony to understand invest money in this land its a totally waste of time truely because most people are way too cheap!!!

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    Posted by john wu | December 17, 2011, 6:01 pm
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    • john wu is that is your real name.. what do you know anyway? Go to any asian mall and you see cheap people trying to rip you off!! so sit down and STFU! Wind is here to free you from the bonds of the big 3!~!! THE BEST PLANS THE MOST AMAZING PHONES !!!! customer service second to none! and do not believe the lies! Wind is not outsourcing anything! they are here in Canada and will stay! call in and ask the guy or girl you are talking to where they are.. C A N A D A!!! thats right! do not believe the lies people are spreading! 650,000 subs! 6 billion in cash! what you can do is stop Rogers from blocking winds signal! we know it to be true! I just read apple now has an Iphone for us!!! I knew rogers could not block them for long!!!

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      Posted by T1MB1T | December 17, 2011, 8:51 pm

  27. I don’t even care if they are not Canadian because with those plans they treat Canadians better than the Canadian companies do (Robelus).

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    Posted by kidmecha | December 18, 2011, 2:45 am
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    • they are totally Canadian just ask tony! Mike call him and ask..

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      Posted by T1MB1T | December 18, 2011, 4:26 pm

  28. hi i live in markham when will the reception be coming here and also when will wind get the samsung galaxy nexus is it worth it to get the nexus s right now since am a student or should i wait but i wont be able to get THE OH CANADA PLAN SO WHAT SHOULD I DO

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    Posted by bradley paputsis | December 22, 2011, 9:24 am
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  29. I don’t care about the iphone too much at this point but as long as they make the ipad 3 aws accessible for the 3G! Come on outside investors!! And come on people switch to Wind network…

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    Posted by AHTL | December 22, 2011, 10:41 am
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