Public Mobile chooses TeraGo Networks to help launch network

New wireless entrant Public Mobile is moving ahead in launching their network with a targeted December availability. They will offer a flat rate $40 unlimited talk and text plan to those in Ontario and Quebec.
They have chosen TeraGo Networks to assist in launching their network by providing wireless backhaul services for a portion of its [...]

CRTC releases October 1st agenda for Globalive foreign ownership hearings

For those following the Globalive foreign ownership hearings, the CRTC has just released the agenda for October 1st. We want Wind Mobile to launch as much as the other new wireless carriers… TELUS, Rogers and Bell will have 30 minutes each to communicate closing remarks.
The hearings start and end with Globalive given 70 minutes (10 [...]

Video Interview with Alek Krstajic, CEO of Public Mobile

With all the new carriers coming out such as DAVE Wireless and WIND Mobile, Public Mobile is one to watch. They only spent $53 million during the AWS Spectrum Auction and captured a reach of 19 million people in Ontario and Quebec.
Today we sat down with Alek Krstajic, CEO of Public Mobile and had a [...]

Public Mobile updates website… will launch ZTE C78!

Public Mobile has updated their website and has given a fresh new look… and also given us their rate plans, coverage map and the first mobile device they will launch!

From the beginning they’ve stated they’ll offer a flat rate $40 unlimited talk and text plan with no credit checks, no contracts and no surprises… and [...]

Public Mobile lands new Canadian investors

Public Mobile is one of the new wireless entrants to coming into Canada and is expected to laucnh within the next few months. They invested $53 million to obtain the commercial G Band license that reaches 19 million people in Ontario and Quebec (Windsor to Quebec City) and will offer unlimited talk and text packages [...]

Public Mobile: “This is about fat cats looking to get fatter”

Earlier in the week we learned that Rogers has requested the CRTC to look into the foreign ownership of both Dave Wireless and Public Mobile. It seems the impending launch dates of the new wireless carriers has the incumbents getting a bit worried. Reports have shown that an estimated 8 million subscribers will be switching [...]

New carriers to see 8 million new subscribers by 2014?

No kidding the current wireless carriers are putting pressure on the newcomers and requesting the CRTC to look into how they are structured. A recent study conducted by Toronto-based Convergence Consulting Group shows that our new wireless carriers (WIND, DAVE, Videotron and Public) will rake in about 8 million new subscribers by 2014.
In addition, [...]

Rogers requests hearing into Public Mobile & Dave Wireless

With the new wireless entrants getting prepared to launch their new offerings to us Canadians shortly, I can remember when then Industry Minister, Jim Prentice spoke about the intentions of the Wireless Spectrum auction: “Our government’s intentions are clear: to achieve lower prices, better service and more choice for consumers and business. We believe in [...]

Public Mobile is a “community of unlimited conversation”

Public Mobile has been relatively quiet over the past few months. For those unfamiliar with them they are one of the new wireless carriers that will be launching soon. Public Mobile only spent $53 million to obtain the commercial G Band license that reaches 19 million people in Ontario and Quebec (Windsor to Quebec City). [...]

Introducing the Canadian wireless “Code of Conduct”

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. [...]