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Video: Public Mobile comes out with 3 commercials that target “Rebelus Wireless” and “Roam Rage”

The last place I would have thought to see a Public Mobile commercial was during the Super Bowl. Guess their 150,000+ subscribers is paying off. There are 3 news ads that target “Rebelus Wireless” – a billion dollar cellphone company that charges $1.45/minute for roaming (Public charges 15-cent/minute for U.S. and Canadian roaming)… overall the [...]

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For $23k you could own this Public Mobile store, “includes all inventory!!!!”

Hot deal! Not really sure what’s needed to become a Public Mobile dealer, but why go through corporate when you can simply find your dreams on Kijiji!! This ad popped up on the classified site and gives you the chance to own a piece of Canadian wireless history! The “Established and Busy location” in Toronto [...]

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Public Mobile increasing Unlimited Talk plan by $4/month February 9th

Public Mobile first popped on the Canadian wireless scene back in March 2010 – since then they’ve racked up over 150,000 subscribers and operate in Toronto and Montreal. Public entered the market with a low-cost unlimited talk plan for $24/month, and a talk and text plan for $40/month. At the time these were and still [...]

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Rogers rolling out “Visual Voicemail Plus” for select Android and BlackBerry devices in February

Rogers customers who have an iPhone have been using Visual Voicemail for a while now. Rather than dialling into your voicemail all the time, the service gives you the ability to listen (via audio file) or read (via text) the voice messages people leave on your device. New details have emerged that indicates Rogers will [...]

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Public Mobile expands distribution, wiggles its way into 29 Zellers stores

Is Public Mobile the little wireless underdog that could? The carrier only operates in Toronto and Montreal but they continually seem to advance in many ways. Most notably is their handset lineup, recently launching a couple low end, low cost Android devices, bringing email capabilities to their unlimited offering and adding various roaming options. All [...]

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Public Mobile releases the ZTE F451

You’ve got to hand it to Public Mobile. For a company that came out swinging with only Unlimited Talk and Text plans and truly sub-par handsets that were targeted to the “price conscious” crowd, now have 7 of their 8 devices are ‘Email and web friendly”. In addition, 4 of them have a QWERTY keyboards [...]

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Public Mobile finds a home in 48 Walmart stores

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 [...]

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Public Mobile releases the Android 2.3 ZTE N762 for a low $149

Public Mobile’s 2nd Android device has been released – the ZTE N762 can be yours on the cheap for $149 outright. The best feature apart from its 3.5-inch touchscreen display is that it’s running OS 2.3 Gingerbread. However, this will probably be the last OS the device will ever witness, so what you see is [...]

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Public Mobile introduces U.S. Roaming

Public Mobile – once a grand new entrant underdog in Canadian wireless – has come through in many fashions. When they first launched they released sub-par handsets that that had limited coverage, only in the core Toronto and Montreal areas. Now a year and half later they have established a customer base of over 150,000, [...]

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Public Mobile prices Android handsets below $170 outright

Wow, not only will Public Mobile be having a sale for their new unlimited talk, text and data plan (cut to $30/month), but they’ll also be putting their upcoming Android devices straight to the sale rack. Public originally said they’ll go to market with the ZTE N762 and the self-branded “Max” at $199 outright, but [...]