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WIND Mobile has 425,000 subscribers
At last count the WIND Mobile subscriber base was up to 358,000. This number was from Q3 2011 and as we patiently wait for the Q4 and the complete 2011 numbers to roll in, Anthony Lacavera, WIND Mobile’s CEO, has stated to the Windsor Star that their total subs are now sitting around 425,000… which would mean that WIND had a stellar last few months with 67k subs. No reason was given as to the surge in subs, but could have been caused by their holiday plans and device lineup, or possibly their expanded coverage (Niagara, KW, Guelph, London)
WIND is on a hiring blitz for their Windsor call centre – there’s currently 100 employees and the wireless player could eventually hire up to another 100. WIND is staffing up to handle their 2012 expansion into Windsor, Barrie, Peterborough, Kingston, Belleville, Victoria, Halifax, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina.
Source: Windsor Star
(Thanks RockJock!)
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Glad to see them going strong. Kepp up the good work, keep getting good devices and keep up the network buildout
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That’s the power of Wind
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Thank you, Wind, for coming to Canada! It’s like a breath of fresh air!
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Throw in Mobilicity and Public in there for a good measure, and we have ourselves a nice little group of players, who are changing the telecommunications industry in Canada in ways that it haven’t been changed for decades.
Much appreciated!
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I guess them offering the HMP a dozen times just wasn’t enough for you, eh, Sam.
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Hey Sam, are you attempting to claim that $50 for unlimited talk/text/data is somehow “expensive”??? Get real. You’re lucky to get just talk alone, without even call display on the big three for a measly $50.
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Always good to hear news about WIND.
I’m sure there are a lot of people, just like myself, that would love to be a part of WIND, but can’t quite make that switch until service is a bit more reliable.
Long-term, they are in a great position.
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It might not be 1.5 million by the end of three years, but those are still impressive numbers nonetheless. The more they expand, the more they become viable for people like me who commute to different places often.
If they can cover the majority of the 401 corridor in Ontario, I’d be a fool to not sign up with them.
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Maybe its because companies like Rogers thinks we’re all i****s, making up plans like the “ultimate unlimited” family plan
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At least you can drive south and enjoy your unlimited service. If you were with Robellus, driving south won’t give you better rates nor will your contract terms get shortened.
If you have problems with Wind service, go ahead and switch so that you can get a lot less while paying 200% of what you’d pay with Wind.
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I don’t see a major error. It says they had 358K at the end of Q3’11, now they have 425K. Nowhere does it say “WIND added 67K in Q4’11″ it just states they had a “stellar last few months”. You assume too much…
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Love competition! Thanks Wind for bring us just that!
Hey, Rogers… Let’s talk about your limited unlimited plan!
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I wish we had wind in Québec.
Vidéotron is everything but competitive and different.
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Who cares if they go bankrupt, well I do, because I like the service. Saying that you’ll advoid Wind because of that, it’s just a poor excuse. If you decide to go with them and they do go bankrupt, the only disadvantage is that you would just have to sign up with Robelus. It’s not like they require you to make an investment with them.
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Cant wait to save 65 bucks a month on two lines for more stuff on Wind versus Robbers.
If I need to have better coverage I can get one pay as you go phone for 10 bucks a month for emergencies and that would still be a insane amount to save.
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This gets a big thumbs up! Whenever I’m around my friends, I like to pull out my phone and strike up a convo about cell phones plans, etc. I love their faces when I tell them how much I’m NOT paying by going with Wind: $32.77 vs. $75+.
I’ll convert them one at a time…
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More than happy to oblige, JJ
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It is a big deal that Wind added 67K subscribers. The big three have stores and resellers in every corner of Canada, and huge marketing budget. So with the much smaller presence that Wind has in comparison, this is a HGUE acheivement.
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Which one of the Big 3 do YOU work for, Petter?
I bet you’re the “genius” behind the Ultimate Unlimited plan with they was you exhagerrate and bend truth.
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Which one of the Big 3 do YOU work for, Petter?
I bet you’re the “genius” behind the Ultimate Unlimited plan with the way you exhagerrate and bend truth.
My bad – typos.
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He said total subs, so that would mean active subscriptions
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PERFECT ARTICLE BIG 3 need to know thatt their wways arent gonna cut it anymore !!! Lol did u guys see rogers ‘new plan ? lol they need to gtfo
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Hiring 100 more reps in Windsor….For the 100 reps who were laid off in Mississauga last year this is a slap in the face.
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Wind has pros and cons. Like pay half the price but get half the coverage. Much lower roaming rates but only if you skip past the Away zone and start using it in the US. Get a great plan but if you want to change and there’s a made up $30 fee to change it. Good with the bad I guess. Just wish Rogers would quit lying and using the term “unlimited” to describe something with restrictions. Guess we’ll just get screwed in the middle between them. Yeah consumers!! Thank you PC party you have openned up Canada to competition now if you could do something about truth in advertising.
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Once i’m back in the Toronto/GTA there will be absolutely no reason not to sign with them.
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if wind was not air we still be chocking from those son of beaches. long live wind. puck robbers and hell
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choking? T1MB1T and I will teach you how to breath from your ears!
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I think it was my ads on tv and print that brought them all in.
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Why is everyone assuming everyone is signing up at $29.00.
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way to go!
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Bravo Wind.
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T1MB1T us right! wind has so many subs we do not have enough knee pads to go around! But that is not the issue here. We are loud and proud, g*y and going to stay.
go wind!!!
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will the white galaxy nexus be heading to WindMobile?
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for all the lovelies complaining about the coverage, two words = calm down. WIND is a new company that has to put up new towers which allows them to provide YOU with lower plans. Their coverage may not be as huge as ROBELLUS but eventually the service will grow and be stronger just as new companies start. Yes, the coverage is not as big. BUT if you are in within the GTA, specifically the core, I myself find the connection amazing. P.S = if you pay for a shitty phone, you will get shittier service. Suck it up.
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why is everybody in the pictures is Asian? is wind an Asian company or something?
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Who the hell says they have lousy coverage? I’ve had 2 phones w them (LG Optimus G2X & Samsung Galaxy Nexus w hacked radio firmware for better signal) & I have never had a dropped call or bad data in Vancouver. I’m covered from Vancouver to Abbotsford. I can talk on level 1 parking underground downtown, I can talk in my basement etc.
What are you people basing the so called crappy coerage on?
How many of you work for Robellus?
How many of you are basing this on the brainwashing Robellus has been doing through the media?
How many of you just have lower end crappy phones that couldn’t hold onto a signal if you were standing beside the damn tower?
G O W I N D !
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Nothing is shittier than tek savvy. BTW i know where you can get $30 wind cell phones and $10 sim cards
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Let’s see… Wind ARPU is under $30 and with $1.5 BILLION in debt. Yes the more customers the quicker they go bankrupt because none of the money is going to profits and adding to more operating expenses to their lousy service. Like RIM selling their Playbook for $100 less than their cost, the more business the more they lose – What a brilliant business strategy!! Ha, h,a bunch of i****s running their finance which I’m glad to hear. Sounds like they hired the Nortel Finance team that ran it to the ground. They could balance their personal checkbooks if their life depended on it.
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It’s nice to hear WIND MOBILE growing in CANADA. We badly needed a economical carrier to deal with the big 3. I wish and hope that they continue to grow and keep on adding more devices and increasing coverage and it will dominate soon. Just try to buy 700 mhz spectrum and add iphones on 3g if 4g is not possible yet, this will put wind right at the top with the big 3 and wind will be in a better position to succeed because of their low cost plans
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