Public Mobile today announced network improvements in both Montreal and Toronto. In Montreal, the areas with enhanced coverage are: Ahunstic-Cartierville: the intersection of Highway 40 and Highway 15, the crossing of O’Brien Blvd. and Salaberry St., as well as on Louisbourg St. Pointe-aux-Trembles: West of 2nd Avenue. Montreal-North: Fleury St. East as well as the intersection of Saint-Michel Blvd. and […]
Carriers – Canada
WIND Mobile now live in Vancouver
As it had announced days ago, WIND Mobile today launched its wireless network in Vancouver and opened its first doors in its fifth Home Zone. Vancouverites have told us they’re ready for wireless service that’s free of contracts, limits, system access fees, high prices, poor service and legacy technology… They’re ready for WIND. During the media event for the launch, […]
HTC Bravo headed to T-Mobile UK in March?
The rumoured HTC Bravo has surfaced again, this time in an over-exposed picture. According to Osmio.com who landed the picture, the HTC Bravo is headed to T-Mobile UK perhaps as early as mid-March and for free on a £35 per month service plan. It may launch under a different name. Very similar to the Google Nexus One, it appears to […]
Orange denies confirming Apple tablet
Orange moved quickly to deny that one of its executives confirmed the imminent release of the Apple tablet. Yesterday, Orange executive Stéphane Richard apparently confirmed the existence of the much-rumoured device during an interview. Orange is now explaining that some comments were taken out of context and misinterpreted when translated to English. According to an official statement, "These responses in […]
Recapping my TELUS phone activation adventure
It took me a bit longer than I had hoped but I finally sat down and wrote down a summary of what it took for me to get my new TELUS phone activated. I’ve tried to keep it factual and leave the emotion out of it (unlike my original post). In the end, it all ended well but my first […]
Growing interest in Globalive wireless spectrum
Rogers expressed its interest in Globalive’s wireless spectrum last week. Now, DAVE Wireless has expressed a similar interest. “We are absolutely interested in parts of Globalive’s spectrum,” Mr. Bitove, the chairman of DAVE Wireless, said in an interview Sunday. If Industry Canada needs assistance on the spectrum issue, we would be pleased to be part of a solution, and that […]
Sprint announces November 15th availability for Palm Pixi
Sprint announced today that it will begin to offer the Palm Pixi on November 15th. “We are excited to offer the new Palm Pixi to our customers in time for the holiday season, and it’s a great addition to Sprint’s industry-leading device portfolio,” said Kevin Packingham, senior vice president – Product Development, Sprint. "Simply put, this phone is fun and […]
Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm2 and BlackBerry OS 5.0 upgrade for original Storm
The oft-rumoured launch by Verizon of the BlackBerry Storm2 has now been confirmed. The company announced today that the BlackBerry Storm2 will be available as of October 28th. The BlackBerry Storm2 with BlackBerry OS 5.0 evolves the BlackBerry touchscreen platform with hundreds of hardware and software enhancements – including new SurePress "clickable" display technology and built-in Wi-Fi – delivering the […]