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RIM, MTS, SaskTel and TELUS make “Canada’s Top 100 Employers” list

By Rob Avison ⋅ October 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Every year Maclean’s and The Globe and Mail announce what organizations make the cut to be crowned as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers.
Employers are evaluated and compared to other organizations by 8 separate criteria: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) [...]

MTS launches BlackBerry Tour 9630

By Rob Avison ⋅ September 14, 2009 ⋅ One comment

MTS has made the BlackBerry Tour 9630 available! This can be yours on the follow plans:
3-year contract: $199.99
2-year contract: $299.99
1-year contract: $524.99
The Tour has a full QWERTY keyboard with trackball navigation, 2 megapixel auto focus camera, with image stabilization, Geo-tagging functionality allows you to add GPS location information to photos, Video recording, Media Player, GPS [...]

MTS gets green light to build out HSPA network with Rogers

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ September 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

At the end of July MTS announced they signed an agreement with Rogers to bring a 3.5G HSPA wireless network service into Manitoba. This was big news as they currently operate on a CDMA network.
A couple months later and they have been given regulatory approval to proceed. MTS and Rogers will share the cost to [...]

Introducing the Canadian wireless “Code of Conduct”

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ September 1, 2009 ⋅ 14 comments

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has officially created the “Code of Conduct for Wireless Service Providers“.
There are always a number of stories we hear every year about customers with high cell phone bills due to a carrier over charging, or a customer being misinformed or never originally being communicated when signing their original contract. [...]

MTS promotes a whack load of Student offers

By Rob Avison ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you live in Manitoba and are a student you should consider checking out the new MTS student offers. The best device deal is the BlackBerry Storm for Students Only as they are giving you $100 off a BlackBerry Storm!
They also have the Student Data Deal for $39.99 a month bundled or $44.99 a month [...]

Virgin to launch Samsung Link in White/Blue; SaskTel in Grey/Red

By John Connors ⋅ August 11, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

It looks like Virgin Mobile will be adding to their line-up another colour for the Samsung Link – a white and blue version will be launched soon. They already have the Link in “Great” or as Samsung calls it Grey/Black. No launch dates for the new colour have been announced, but you can pick up [...]

MTS signs agreement with Rogers to bring 3.5G HSPA network to Manitoba

By Ian Hardy ⋅ July 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

MTS Allstream has signed an agreement with Rogers to bring a 3.5G HSPA wireless network service into Manitoba. This is a major shift as MTS currently operates on a CDMA network, but says they plans “to continue to operate its existing CDMA wireless network in Manitoba to support existing CDMA services and roaming traffic.”
Once completed, [...]

MTS gives Canadian troops peace of mobile mind

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ July 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

MTS is making sure our Canadian troops are well taken care of while overseas on the call of duty. If you are with the Canadian Forces and a customer of MTS you will be able to out your cellphone completely on hold and not receive any monthly bills. This offer is called the MTS Allstream [...]

MTS on why Canadian telecom is lagging behind: “Competition, or the lack there of”

By Rob Avison ⋅ June 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

During the 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit MTS Allstream CEO Pierre Blouin said they have a goal to be the “best performing communications service provider in Canada”. He stated they have a strong balance sheet and poised to overcome the current stress on the economy: “…we have technology, we have the power of innovation. We have [...]

MTS makes deal with Sprint to bring on “a broader range of devices”… possibly the Palm Pre?

By Rob Avison ⋅ June 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

MTS has struck a deal with Sprint Nextel’s Global Alliance program to bring their 438,300 customers “a broader range of devices”, possibly even the recently launched Palm Pre.
MTS will now have access to bring on Sprint’s handset lineups and take advantage of their buying when it comes to negotiating enhanced handsets (possibly the Palm Pre). [...]

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