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Public Mobile finds a home in 48 Walmart stores

By on December 19, 2011 at 5:06pm in Mobile News, Public Mobile


Walmart Canada is no stranger to selling wireless, they have majority of the brands – Bell, Rogers, TELUS, Koodo, Virgin and Fido. Recently newer carrier Mobilicity entered into a distribution agreement with the big box retailer in Toronto, Calgary, Surrey, Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver. Now, another new entrant has worked their way into Walmat’s “Action Alley” areas, Public Mobile devices can now be purchased at 48 Walmart stores in Ontario and Quebec (39 in Ontario and 9 in the Greater Montreal area). Public’s low-cost plans and devices actually makes sense in Walmart.

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20 comments for “Public Mobile finds a home in 48 Walmart stores”

  1. Pretty sad that Wind and Mibilicity still don’t have any distribution deals in any major stores besides the Superstore.

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    Posted by Shawn B | December 19, 2011, 5:20 pm
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  2. Sorry, not Mobilicity

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    Posted by Shawn B | December 19, 2011, 5:22 pm
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  3. Much better choice than Money Mart. Very smart move

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    Posted by SmRt | December 19, 2011, 5:27 pm
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  4. Public is the best suited for Wal Mart… $38 that’s cheap what phone??? What plan ???? Maybe be good for my mom

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    Posted by inthehouse | December 19, 2011, 5:52 pm
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    • Probably 2 months of the $25 plan, similar to the one at Wind and Mobilicity, but with province-wide long distance.

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      Posted by Alex Perrier | December 19, 2011, 6:21 pm

  5. Here are my thoughts on this:

    Public’s deal is cheaper than Mobilicity! The Samsung “Oyster” C414 from the latter carrier is $50, and includes only one month of an inferior $25 plan. Two months at $40 plus the Kyocera Tomo is the cheapest mobile offer i’ve seen in Canada. However, the only minor omission is the lack of a digital camera. But who wants VGA, 1.3 or even 2 megapixel pictures anyway!?

    Other concerns are that CDMA ties you to Public. Not happy with the operator and want to switch to another? Time to buy another phone, because Bell and Telus don’t accept foreign CDMA devices. At least you get two months included to try out the service at a great discount.

    To sum it up, it’s too bad that Toronto and Montréal are the only metropolitan regions to offer this service. No Public for me. :’( There are pros and cons to this deal, but if you live where the Public network is available, this is a cheap way to test the service with a basic, no frills, no thrills phone. :-D

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    Posted by Alex Perrier | December 19, 2011, 6:33 pm
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  6. Good for them!

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    Posted by Zeake | December 19, 2011, 8:29 pm
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  7. Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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    Posted by Dave | December 19, 2011, 8:30 pm
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    • hmm i think you are confused with Mobilicity, take two minutes and go and check both websites…. now who,s the moron ?

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      Posted by smith | December 19, 2011, 8:44 pm

  8. stole our deal! for shame!

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    Posted by T1MB1T | December 19, 2011, 8:39 pm
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    • business is not about shame, its about winning i will assume that Wal Mart realized that Mobi was going out of business and that the Wal Mart customer was asking for Public better value for them

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      Posted by jules | December 19, 2011, 8:43 pm

  9. Nice display really well located… If Wal Mart gives Public such a great spot they must see a long term partnership. I can tell you I worked in the trade (Hershey) and you don’t get that spot easily … Good for you Public

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    Posted by petes | December 19, 2011, 8:48 pm
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  10. lies all lies! wind was robbed

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    Posted by MR T1MB1T | December 19, 2011, 8:51 pm
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  11. this was winds deal!

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    Posted by T1MB1T | December 19, 2011, 8:52 pm
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  12. liars and thieves

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    Posted by T1MB1T | December 19, 2011, 8:52 pm
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  13. Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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    Posted by T1MB1T | December 19, 2011, 8:52 pm
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  14. I have PM
    As a second phone and I always have dropped calls.Never with my rogers phone soon or later ill cancel.

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    Posted by pots | December 19, 2011, 9:56 pm
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  15. Would be sweet if WM actually takes over Public Mobile & gets into the wireless market in Canada :) ..after all they have got into banking & credit card market anyways :)

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    Posted by TJ | December 20, 2011, 2:05 am
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    • hmm funny, i was wondering why the wal Mart Logo was on the display…this may explain it

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      Posted by utah | December 20, 2011, 7:46 am

  16. this line up is for walmart not for PM

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    Posted by yo | December 20, 2011, 11:07 am
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