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WIND Mobile outlines 2012 expansion plans

As it launched today in London, Ontario, WIND Mobile revealed its plans for 2012. Among the cities named are Barrie, Peterborough, Windsor, Kingston and Belleville in Ontario as well as Mission in British Columbia. The carrier will also expand to the east coast, Manitoba and Saskatchewan for the first time with Halifax, Winnipeg and Regina also slated to launch in […]

Rogers extends LTE network coverage in Toronto and Vancouver areas

Rogers today announced that it has expanded its LTE coverage in the Toronto and Vancouver areas. In the Toronto region, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, and Markham all now have access to Rogers’ LTE network. Around Vancouver, you can now add West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Surrey and Maple Ridge. “Today more Rogers customers from the east […]

Cambridge, ON and Abbotsford, BC now covered by WIND Mobile

WIND Mobile earlier this week announced that it has launched its network coverage in two additional cities. Abbotsford in British Columbia and Cambridge, Ontario are now live. Abbotsford, British Columbia coverage Cambridge, Ontario coverage WIND Mobile is also in the final stages of testing its network in London Ontario. The official launch is expected shortly (especially as the WIND Zone […]

Bell Mobility rolls out LTE in Yellowknife

Bell Mobility’s LTE network quietly has grown a little larger with the addition of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. It joins Halifax (andDartmouth), Toronto, Mississauga, Belleville, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph which all went live earlier this year. Bell’s LTE network can offer speeds up to 75Mbps although speeds between 12 and 25 Mbps are more typical. Among the devices offered […]

LTE devices coming to Sprint in second half of 2012

In an interview at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, Sprint chief financial officer Joe Euteneuer confirmed that the company will launch its first LTE handsets in the second half of 2012. Without providing specifics, Euteneuer promised that “a number of different models” will be available. Euteneuer also promised that Sprint’s LTE speeds will be “very competitive to what’s […]

WIND Mobile extends coverage to Niagara

WIND Mobile Southern Ontario coverage

WIND Mobile today officially launched coverage in Niagara, which joined St. Catherines and Welland which launched in October. Niagara (along with the rest of southwestern Ontario) is WIND Mobile’s seventh market. WIND Mobile marked the launch with the announcement that it plans to give a CA$10,000 grant to one organization or charity in St. Catharines, Welland or Niagara to support […]

Verizon brings LTE coverage to 22 additional US cities

Verizon Wireless yesterday announced the extension of its 4G LTE coverage to 22 additional cities. These are Birmingham, AL; Modesto and Stockton, CA; Bloomington, Elkhart, Evansville, South Bend, and Terre Haute, IN; Sioux City, IA; Hagerstown, MD; Tupelo, MS; Albuquerque and Sante Fe, NM; Buffalo, NY; Asheville, NC; Bartlesville, OK; Jackson and Martin, TN; Greater Hampton Roads and Richmond, VA; […]