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Public Mobile reduces phones by 50%, offers 1-month free service

By on October 17, 2010 in Public Mobile

There are 3 new entrants in Canada: Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Public Mobile. ALL of them continue to offer unbelievable promotions (all good for customers). The new entrants came in offering low prices (plans and handsets) and have continued this trend for several months… we’re just waiting to see what the deals will be in [...]

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Public Mobile in distribution trial with 5 Ultramar locations

By on October 7, 2010 in Mobile News, Public Mobile

Public Mobile has been adding locations to their distribution channel at a rapid rate. A couple weeks ago their relationship with 60 Gateway Newstands started in Toronto (and soon Montreal). They partnered with Eyeshot Media for 4 convenience store locations, have a trial with Money Mart Canada and are also 1 of 9 carriers who [...]

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Public Mobile creates BOGO offer specifically for Montreal

By on October 7, 2010 in Public Mobile

The Montreal area is where all the deals are happening these days. Vidéotron recently launched their wireless service and came out with an Unlimited plan. Then Bell immediately created their “Unlimited Québec” plan. Rogers discount brand Chatr Wireless opened shop and started to offer Unlimited Talk and Text plans with no contracts, Solo Mobile quickly [...]

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Public Mobile signs exclusive distribution deal with Eyeshot Media

By on September 24, 2010 in Public Mobile

Public Mobile recently started selling their wireless service in 60 Gateway Newstands in Toronto (Montreal will be launching soon). In addition, they are currently doing a trial in select Toronto Money Mart locations. Today they expanded their distribution reach by 4 more locations in the Toronto area by partnering up with Eyeshot Media. Don’t be [...]

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When Public Mobile launches data will Chatr follow?

By on September 22, 2010 in Chatr, Featured, Mobile News, Public Mobile

At the end of 2009 there was a total of 23.8 million wireless subscribers in Canada. 5.2 million people (22%) had a smartphone with the remaining having some sort of talk/text plan. A recent study showed that Smartphone/data device subscribers will represent 31% by the end of 2010 and then 60% by year-end 2014. Also, [...]

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Public Mobile promotes Gateway relationship everywhere possible

By on September 16, 2010 in Public Mobile

If you’re in Toronto you might have heard Public Mobile on the radio, saw ads in the Subway and also seen them in the papers. All promoting their recent distribution relationship with Gateway Newstands. Hopefully it all pays off.

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Quote: Public Mobile says “Our sales rates have tripled since Chatr came out”

By on September 15, 2010 in Chatr, Public Mobile

No official word on how many subscribers Public Mobile has. They recently launched their Unlimited Talk and Text service in both Toronto and Montreal. One of their competitors is the newly created Rogers’ discount brand “Chatr” who started a few weeks ago with a mission to protect their market share and slowly impact/erode the new [...]

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Public Mobile starts selling wireless at 60 Gateway Newstands locations

By on September 15, 2010 in Public Mobile

Public Mobile recently signed a partnership with Gateway Newstands locations to sell their service at their locations. Today’s the day the deal goes live and if you’re in Toronto you’ll be see a new co-branded signage between the two companies. Currently there are 60 Toronto locations and this will increase to 120 locations by January. [...]

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Public Mobile and Money Mart in trial distribution deal

By on September 13, 2010 in Public Mobile

Public Mobile recently firmed up a distribution deal with 152 Gateway Newstands and now they’ve started a quiet pilot project with Money Mart to sell their wireless services in their locations. It’s apparently been going on for a couple weeks in a few select locations and the demographics actually makes sense for Public’s target customer, [...]

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Public Mobile launches ZTE C70, discounts others

By on September 13, 2010 in Public Mobile

Public Mobile recently came off a promo that gave 50% off the price of their phones plus 1-month free service. As expected, today they released a new device – the ZTE C70. This slider is available for $50 outright and has a 2-inch display (resolution of 176 x 220), 0.3 megapixel camera, 2.5mm headset jack [...]

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