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Update on Canada’s New Wireless Entrants
November 16, 2011 – 3:46 pm
Update on Canada’s New Wireless Entrants

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been well over a year since Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Public Mobile started challenging the ‘big three’ in Canada. We take a look at how these new entrants are faring in the cutthroat mobile industry and what they have to offer.

The legalities of unlocking your mobile phone
August 26, 2011 – 8:25 am
The legalities of unlocking your mobile phone

By Ted Kritsonis

Unlocking mobile phones has always been a confusing element to mobile phone ownership, but the demand for the freedom to use a handset anywhere, everywhere and with any provider will likely only grow further. And as it stands, there isn’t much of a legal precedent to stop it in Canada.

Review: Nokia C7 proves capable on aging Symbian platform
April 5, 2011 – 11:02 am
Review: Nokia C7 proves capable on aging Symbian platform

By Ted Kritsonis

The Nokia C7 is a smartphone that arguably looks and feels better than some of the highly-acclaimed handsets out there, but the operating system it runs on just continues to lose its lustre, which makes this phone a bit of a conflicted device to consider.

Changing Your Canadian Phone Or Cable Provider Just Got Easier
March 23, 2011 – 10:00 am
Changing Your Canadian Phone Or Cable Provider Just Got Easier

by Lee Rickwood

The process for people who want to change their TV, home phone, mobile or Internet service providers will be a whole lot easier.

Canada’s Telecom Companies Put on Call as Consumer Complaints Skyrocket
October 29, 2010 – 12:16 pm
Canada’s Telecom Companies Put on Call as Consumer Complaints Skyrocket

by Lee Rickwood

“Technically, we’re in the business of making complaints go away; in effect putting ourselves out of business. But I never lose sleep thinking that’s going to happen!”

Phone plans and VoIP options for your home-based business
October 27, 2010 – 2:17 pm
Phone plans and VoIP options for your home-based business

By Ted Kritsonis

Running a business from home can not only provide flexibility and confidence, but it can also prove to be very rewarding and fulfilling. Of course, there are obvious challenges to streamlining resources enough to keep operating costs down, and since the phone is so crucial to communicating, we focus on some of the best options out there.

Bundling Talk and TV as Canada Gets New Mobile Phone Services
September 10, 2010 – 12:16 pm
Bundling Talk and TV as Canada Gets New Mobile Phone Services

By Lee Rickwood

Vidéotron is the latest in a line of new Canadian mobile services, but it’s not the last.

Wind Mobile, Mobilicity challenge Rogers budget prepaid brand ‘Chatr’
July 29, 2010 – 8:26 am
Wind Mobile, Mobilicity challenge Rogers budget prepaid brand ‘Chatr’

Text and photo by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Wind Mobile, together with Mobilicity and Public Mobile are new entrants in the wireless game and have been trying to compete with the big three by offering more affordable handsets and prepaid plans. Rogers Wireless also owns Fido and Chatr will be its third wireless cellular company.

Nexus One officially comes to Wind Mobile
April 15, 2010 – 10:56 am
Nexus One officially comes to Wind Mobile

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google’s powerful and versatile Nexus One Android smartphone is now officially offered to work with Wind Mobile and possibly upcoming carrier Mobilicity which shares similar network features.

Mobilicity is Canada’s newest wireless carrier
February 8, 2010 – 1:06 pm
Mobilicity is Canada’s newest wireless carrier

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Mobilicity squeezes into a picture that’s got providers Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus, Virgin and Wind all competing for 3G customers and selling the latest batch of app phones and smartphones.

WIND partners with Blockbuster
December 17, 2009 – 1:17 am

With Netflix,
According to the announcement, 16 of Blockbuster’s 458 Canadian stores would house a 150 square-ft WIND Mobile kiosk. The numbers break down to roughly 13 locations in the GTA with 3 more in Calgary.
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New Cellphone Service Wind Launches with Community’s Help
December 16, 2009 – 12:28 pm
New Cellphone Service Wind Launches with Community’s Help

By Lee Rickwood

Dedicating its opening ceremonies to the folks it wants to serve, telecom start-up Globalive officially unveiled its new rate plans and cellphone services today with the opening of the first Wind store in Toronto.