A new portable hostpost has been released by WIND, the “WINDspeed Pocket Hotspot E586E.” This gives the option of creating Wi-Fi connections for up to 5 devices and is also available on the cheap, $0 when you hook onto any of their mobile internet plans, or $99 outright. The theoretical peak download speeds can reach [...]
WIND Mobile official Q2 2012 subscriber numbers are in. According to the Orascom Telecom filing WIND increased their subscriber base by 44.1% over last year, now sitting at 456,886. This also represents an increase of 41,522 subscribers from Q1 2012 (415,364). ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) dropped by $0.10 over the year to hit $27.70/month, [...]
WIND Mobile has steadily increased their subscriber numbers over the years. The last official number to come out of their Q1 2012 report was 415,364, with an ARPU $27.30/month. A thread over on HowardForums indicates we might see a solid jump in subs when the company reports their Q2 results next week. Apparently WIND will [...]
WIND promised that they’d extend coverage to Kingston this year and it was only a few weeks ago that they started to build out their retail location. Taking a look at their coverage map reveals the network is now live and the store is open. Coverage is in the core of Kingston and the location [...]
If you’ve been holding out to for the back-to-school promos you won’t have to wait much longer. Both the WIND Mobile and Mobilicity plans have surfaced online and are expected to become available later this week, or early next. According to a couple posts on RFD, here’s what we can expect from both carriers: WIND [...]
Over the past few years WIND Mobile has seen its fair share of high level executives. The carrier was dreamed up by WIND Chaiman Tony Lacavera. Initially it was Ken Campbell who led WIND through the first couple years, but he gracefully departed to become the CEO of Tunisiana. At the time Lacavera stepped in [...]
A couple weeks ago WIND Mobile said they would be releasing the Huawei Ascend P1 sometime this summer. Well, looks like those weeks were actually a few days as the Ascend P1 is now available. This Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich powered device costs $399 outright, $199 on WIND25 Tab, or $49 on WIND40 [...]
Before WIND Mobile launched their wireless service parent-company Globalive opened the “Wireless Soapbox.” This was a forum where people could get involved in early discussions of “what Canadians are really looking for, what are their priorities, what kinds of services and features they want, and what kind of plans they want to see.” As the [...]
When WIND Mobile launched the Galaxy S III on June 27th they only made it available to new customers – this was because there was originally “limited quantities available.” WIND did also promise those current customers who wanted to upgrade a special exclusive promo and now, over 2-weeks later, the deal has surfaced. For those [...]
Yesterday Motorola Canada announced that the RAZR V will be hitting Canadian soil sometime in Q3 (July – September). The timing of the release is incredibly vaque, but you can bet it’ll be available in time for the back-to-school rush. Bell, Videotron, Virgin and WIND Mobile will all be making this handset available and digging [...]