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WIND Mobile now has “well over 430,000 active customers,” celebrates by giving new activations a free add-on

Yesterday WIND Mobile Q1 2012 results were reported and at the of March their subscriber base reached 415,364. Today, in a press release promoting a new offer revealed the last 6 weeks WIND has managed tally up a few new subs to “well over 430,000 active customers.” No word on their ARPU (Average Revenue Per [...]

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WIND reports Q1 2012: results Total subscribers reach 415,364, ARPU drops to $27.30

WIND Mobile subscriber Q1 subscriber numbers have been released and the numbers have increased. WIND has now racked up a total of 415,364 customers, up a whopping 52.9% from last year, and up 12,364 in the quarter. Good news for us consumers as the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) has slightly dropped $0.10 (0.5%) to [...]

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WIND Mobile releases the Samsung Galaxy Q

There’s not much really to say about the Samsung Galaxy Q. It was rumoured to be launching at WIND Mobile, and it’s now available to the masses. This uber entry-level Android runs OS 2.3 Gingerbread, has a 3.2-inch display and has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. WIND has this priced at $199 outright, or the Galaxy [...]

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Huawei U8651 released by WIND for $149

WIND has finally released the Huawei U8651, otherwise known as the Astro. This Android 2.3 device could possibly be one of the lowest price Android devices on the market at $149 outright (or $0 on the WINDtab with either the $25 or $40 plan). Public Mobile has Wind beat with their $100 Android devices, regardless, [...]

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WIND to release the Nokia Lumia 710 on May 3rd, $259 outright

The famous “coming soon” label is is going to vanish on WIND Mobile’s upcoming Nokia Lumia 710. Emails have gone out to those who “pre-registered” for this Windows Phone 7 Mango device informing them that this will officially launch on May 3rd. Curious about the price points? Well, here they are: $259 outright, $99 on [...]

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WIND actively testing network in Windsor

WIND must be getting close to blowing the doors open on launching their service in Windsor, Ontario. We reported last week that a Windsor store located in Devonshire Mall showed up on the store locator in their mobile site. We’re now getting tips that users are getting an active network indicating a Wind Home Zone [...]

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WIND Mobile wins Supreme Court foreign ownership battle against Public Mobile

Even before WIND Mobile launched their Canadian wireless service other competing carriers were raising questions about the amount of foreign ownership they had, mostly funded by Egypt’s Orascom Telecom. A couple years of court hearings led to the Federal Court of Appeal to declare that Globalive, WIND Mobile’s parent-company, was “Canadian owned and controlled company.” [...]

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WIND Mobile to open Windsor store in Devonshire Mall

WIND Mobile seems to be getting real close to launching service in Windsor. The company has been on a hiring spree and although their coverage map has not been updated, it’s expected that WIND customers will have a Home Zone in the heart of the city. There’s one certainty – WIND will have a store [...]

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WIND Mobile opens up pre-registration for the Lumia 710

WIND Mobile posted a small image of the Nokia Lumia 710 with the words “coming soon” on their site a couple nights ago. No details of when we could expect it to be available, however, today they’ve taken a small step forward and opened up the option for customers to “pre-register”. There’s still no firm [...]

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WIND officially says the Nokia Lumia 710 is “Coming Soon”

A few weeks ago we let you know that WIND Mobile was going to be releasing a few new devices: Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Gravity Touch 2, and Huawei Astro. These are all expected to be available sometime over the next few weeks and if you take a gander at the WIND Mobile site today [...]