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WIND Mobile launches Kingston Home Zone

Kingston WIND Mobile coverage

WIND Mobile yesterday launched its latest Home Zone in Kingston, Ontario. It made the announcement via Twitter and later on its blog: WIND Mobile launches in Kingston today! Join us for the official launch party at our new store located at 1040 Princess Street. WIND has been dedicated to network expansion and improvement throughout its three years of operation. Yesterday’s […]

WIND Mobile launches Samsung Galaxy Note II

WIND Mobile today became the latest carrier to launch the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The Samsung GALAXY Note II is a premium single-hand smartphone featuring Android 4.1 Jellybean, that allows you to remain productive while on the go. Take advantage of the enhanced S Pen to take notes, draw pictures, enhance photos and more. The possibilities are endless! WIND Mobile […]

Samsung Galaxy Note II launches in Canada today

Samsung Canada today launched the Galaxy Note II with multiple Canadian carriers. Finding it though in a store may be a bit of an adventure challenge as Samsung warned that it will be scarce for a few weeks: Today Samsung marks the official release of the GALAXY Note II, our latest premium Smartphone and the Next Big Thing in mobile […]

WIND Mobile reaffirms commitment to Canada

Orascom announced yesterday that it was planning to convert its non-voting stake in WIND Mobile into a voting one thereby taking control of the Canadian carrier and making it Canada’s first foreign-owned carrier. WIND Mobile today issued a press release to reconfirm that the announcement does not affect its current commitments. It also sought to put to rest merger rumours. […]

Egypt-based Orascom to take control of WIND Mobile

With Canada having rolled out new foreign ownership rules for the telecom sector, Egypt-based Orascom is moving forward with a plan to assume voting control of WIND Mobile which now has over 500,000 subscribers. The company will exercise an option to convert a 65% non-voting stake into voting shares. The move would see control shift away from Globalive Communications but […]

WIND Mobile launches LG Optimus 4X HD and Huawei Ascend G312

WIND Mobile yesterday announced the launch of two new smartphones, the LG Optimus 4X HD and Huawei Ascend G312. The former is a high-end multimedia machine while the latter promises to be “an efficient yet affordable handset that will make a great addition to WIND Mobile’s handset lineup.” LG Optimus 4X HD specifications: Processor: 1.5GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 Operating […]

WIND Mobile upgrades Alberta network to HSPA+

WIND Mobile yesterday announced it had finished upgrading its Alberta network to HSPA+. The entirety of both Edmonton and Calgary are now receiving increased 4G network speeds of up to 21 Mbit/s download, 5.7 Mbit/s upload. Residents in these regions should find their service has improved greatly over the last few weeks. WIND Mobile also announced that it had activated […]