WIND Mobile ended 2011 with just over 400,000 subscribers. The latest financial results presented by Orascom, a major WIND Mobile investor, shows that the Canadian carrier continued to grow in Q1 2012, adding another 12,000 subscribers to top 415,000 in all. WIND Mobile’s ARPU remained stable at CA$27.30, dropping only CA$0.10 over the same quarter a year ago. The filing […]
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Rumour: Solo Mobile to stop signing up customers
Solo Mobile, one of Bell’s flanker brands, could be about to stop signing up new customers. According to a leaked document obtained by Mobile Syrup, the carrier will stop activating new customers within a month: “As of May 17, 2012 Solo Mobile will no longer be activating new customers (both postpaid and prepaid). Existing Solo Mobile customers will not be […]
WIND Mobile tops 400,000 subscribers at the end of 2011
Orascom Telecom today announced its latest financial results. As in the past, they give us a glimpse into how WIND Mobile is faring in Canada. At the end of Orascom’s third quarter of 2011, the Canadian carrier had 358,000 subscribers. Now, a quarter later, WIND Mobile has increased its subscriber base to 403,000. This amounts to a 45,000 increase over […]
Mobilicity adds 63,000 customers in Q4 2011
Mobilicity yesterday announced that it had signed up 63,000 customers in the last quarter of 2011 and described itself as “the nation’s fastest-growing new wireless entrant.” It also expects to continue to outpace its competition “based on results disclosed thus far.” “In just our second year of operations, Mobilicity continues to shake up the industry as the fastest-growing new entrant, […]
Public Mobile tops 199,000 subscribers
It seems like the last quarter of 2011 was good not only to WIND Mobile but also to Public Mobile. In a report that indicates that Public Mobile will increase rates in a bid to become profitable, it was revealed that the value-conscious carrier now also has 199,000 subscribers. It was only last November that the carrier announced it had […]
WIND Mobile reaches 425,000 subscriber milestone
In an interview with the Windsor Star, WIND Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera today revealed that the carrier now has 425,000 subscribers. This is a sharp increase from the 358,000 subscribers it had last November. Lacavera also reconfirmed WIND Mobile’s plans to expand further this year. New markets planned are Windsor, Barrie, Peterborough, Kingston and Belleville in Ontario as well as […]
WIND Mobile tops 350,000 subscribers
The latest Orascom Telecom financial results have once again given us an update on how WIND Mobile is doing in Canada. According to its Q3 report, WIND Mobile displayed “tremendous subscriber growth compared to 3Q 2010,” recording an increase of 156%. It now has 358,000 subscribers. It added 41,000 new customers in the last quarter alone. WIND Mobile’s ARPU (Average […]
Public Mobile tops 150,000 subscribers and gets ready for 3G
Public Mobile earlier this week announced that it has now topped the 150,000 subscriber milestone. During the Scotia Capital Telecom & Tech 2012 Conference, Public Mobile CFO Jim Hardy confirmed the numbers that first showed up in a leaked internal document obtained by MobileSyrup. It apparently added about 40,000 new customers in Q3 alone, a rate “50% higher than the […]