WIND Mobile appears to have extended its southwestern Ontario coverage to both St. Catherines and Welland. Both cities now appear as WIND Zones on the company’s coverage web page and store locations at the Pen Centre in St. Catharines and at the Seaway Mall in Welland are now open. No official announcement (aside from a Facebook post about the store […]
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MTS to launch LTE in 2012
MTS today announced that it will begin to deploy its LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in 2012. Planning and infrastructure development have already begun. “With the deployment of LTE technology, MTS expects to continue to offer the best overall wireless data experience in the most locations within Manitoba,” said Kelvin Shepherd, President, MTS. “LTE will further improve our customers’ wireless […]
Rogers launches LTE network in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
Rogers today launched its LTE service in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The three cities join Ottawa where the service had launched back on July 7th. “We’re thrilled to be the first carrier in Canada to offer LTE and the fastest mobile speeds to Canada’s three largest provinces and to more Canadians than any other carrier in Canada,” said John Boynton, […]
New details on Rogers LTE deployment plans?
Rogers has already announced that it will deploy LTE in Toronto on September 28th. It has yet to provide specific details for Montreal and Vancouver beyond indicating that both should launch sometime this fall. A leaked document obtained by MobileSyrup.com has now shed some light on Rogers’ upcoming LTE deployments. Deployment in all three cities will follow a two phase […]
AT&T to launch LTE network September 18th
Earlier this year, AT&T announced it would launch its LTE network this year with at least five cities. Company CFO John Stephens today revealed the launch date. AT&T’s LTE network will go live on September 18th in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. AT&T already offers a number of LTE devices, including the LTE/HSPA+ HTC Jetstream tablet. It plans […]
TELUS extends HSPA+ dual cell network to Atlantic Canada
TELUS today announced that its HSPA+ dual cell wireless network has been extended to cover portions of Atlantic Canada. Among the cities to benefit from the improved performance are Moncton, New Brunswick; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Halifax, Nova Scotia; St. John’s, Newfoundland as well as others. “We are investing hundreds of millions of dollars year after year to bring the […]
Bell to launch LTE in Southwest Ontario on September 14th
Late today, Bell announced that it will launch its LTE network in Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph on September 14th. “LTE is the next step in ensuring Bell continues to deliver the best networks in the world to Canadian consumers and businesses, backed up by the newest data devices and the leading mobile services and content available. LTE will […]
Shaw announces plans for “extensive Wi-Fi network” in Western Canada
Earlier this month, Shaw announced that it would not launch a wireless network as originally planned. It decided instead to deploy a managed Wi-Fi network. Today it announced an agreement with Cisco to deploy this network across communities it services. “Canadians’ use of smart phones and tablet devices has grown exponentially over the years and more than ever, consumers are […]