Both Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility have announced that customers will be charged new fees to receive text messages starting in August. Today, both the companies offer free incoming SMS (as does Rogers which will continue to offer free incoming text messages for now). Telus blamed the growth in SMS popularity with some 45.3 million text messages being sent every […]
Carriers – Canada
Verizon Wireless launches HTC Touch as XV6900
Verizon Wireless is the latest carrier to bring the HTC Touch to its catalogue of mobile devices. The new, all touch Verizon Wireless XV6900 combines all the performance and functionality of Windows Mobile 6 Professional with high–tech, innovative TouchFLO Technology on its hi–res touchscreen. Access your favorite and most important applications easily with the Touch Cube. There are no big […]
Rogers Wireless expands HSDPA and VISION service coverage
Rogers Wireless announced today that it had rolled out its HSDPA network to some 25 new markets across Canada. Quebec City, Greater Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Chicoutimi, Gatineau, Greater Vancouver, Kelowna, Victoria, Whistler, Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Ottawa/Gatineau, Kingston, Sudbury, Barrie, London, Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph and Windsor join the Ontario Golden Horseshoe area in getting coverage to the 3G network. […]
iPhone lands in the UK with O2
It was not a big surprise: Apple confirmed today at its “Mum is no longer the word” event that the iPhone is headed to the UK and that O2 would be the exclusive carrier. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with O2 to offer our revolutionary iPhone to UK customers,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “US iPhone customer satisfaction is off […]
Faster Rogers network coming to Canada
Rogers is planning to roll out a 3G UMTS-HSDPA high-speed wireless network. At peak rates, this latest iteration of the UMTS standard is capable of download speeds of 14 megabits per second. A trial deployment has begun in Toronto and Rogers expects the service to be available in other major Canadian cities starting as early as next year. Rogers is […]