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WIND to launch BlackBerry App World carrier billing, hopefully in time for BlackBerry 10

WIND Mobile has partnered with Wmode’s Affiliate Commerce Exchange (ACE) platform. According to the press release this allows WIND the ability to offer their customers the option to purchase “digital goods,” such as apps, books, music or movies from their smartphone and have it directly appear on their monthly bill. The first presence of this [...]

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Sony Xperia ion now available at WIND

About a month back we let you know that WIND Mobile would be releasing the Sony Xperia ion – today is the glorious day. This currently runs Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but will be upgraded to Jelly Bean early 2013. In addition, the ion has a 4.5-inch (1280×720) display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 12MP [...]

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WIND hints at launching a Windows Phone 8 device, says they’ll share some news “very soon”

WIND Mobile did a bit of teasing on Twitter by proudly saying that “very soon” they’ll be sharing information about Windows Phone 8 device. Unfortunately they couldn’t give an exact date or specifically what device, but considering there’s only four smartphones to choose from it certainly limits the choices (Nokia Lumia 920, HTC 8X, HTC [...]

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WIND Mobile COO on the iPhone: “not a huge factor for us,” says their customers are not “entirely interested in those kinds of phones”

At the end of Q3 2012 Wind Mobile reported a subscriber base of 510,484. Now, in a report in the Edmonton Journal, Pietro Cordova, COO of Wind Mobile, has gone on record and announced the company has over 560,000 customers. Wind is reportedly ginning to hit the 600,000 mark by the end of the year. [...]

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Survey finds that 36% of Canadians would quit drinking coffee before giving up their smartphone

A new survey, on behalf of WIND Mobile and Angus Reid, of 1,501 Canadians reveals that we have a deep connection to our smartphones. 39% would give up watching sports, 37% would give up playing video games, 36% would quit drinking coffee, and 28% would give up TV before giving up their device. The video [...]

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WIND Mobile Q3 2012: 510,484 subscribers and an APRU of $27.90/month

At the end of Q3 2012 WIND Mobile officially had 510,484 wireless subscribers. This number increased by 53,598 from Q2 2012, or 11.7%. In addition, a glance at the year-over-year progression shows a 42.6% increase in subscribers (was 357,983). WIND also notes that “over 90% of net additions during the quarter were postpaid subscribers.” ARPU [...]

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Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL now available at WIND Mobile

The Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL has a large name, many letters, and also packs power. This is yet another quad-core smartphone to make it to WIND’s network and it can be yours today. As we revealed yesterday the price is $499 outright, $99 on the WINDtab with the Unlimited Wish 40 plan, or $349 [...]

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WIND opens shop in Windsor, expands coverage in other locations and now reaches 14 million Canadians

Wind Mobile has officially gone live in Windsor today. There are 5 store locations and the map shows coverage in the core of the city, but seems that there’s no more expansion plans in the works. Perhaps that might change with the upcoming spectrum auction. In addition to Windsor going live, WIND has also expanded [...]

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Wind launching the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL tomorrow, $499 outright

A few days ago it was revealed that WIND Mobile would be adding another quad-core Android to their lineup, the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL. This comes with a 4.5-inch display, 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, 8MP camera, 8GB internal storage, 1GB RAM and will be available tomorrow. According to an internal doc we received it [...]

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WIND opens their doors in Peterborough, plans to expand coverage to Trent University and Fleming College by January 2013

WIND’s network went live in Peterborough a few weeks ago, but the lone store was not open for business. Today, according to an internal doc we received, is the day that WIND officially launches in Peterborough. There’s one location to physically buy a device (Peterborough Mews), but by the end of the month there’ll be [...]