With about 700,000 subscribers, WIND Mobile has established a toe hold in the Canadian wireless market. It’s now looking for more and its latest marketing campaign is aimed at two of its closest rivals. The new promotion urges Mobilicity and Public Mobile customers to port over to WIND Mobile for “true mobile freedom.” It comes as Mobilicity is tries once […]
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WIND Mobile hits 700,000 subscriber milestone
WIND Mobile today announced that it has passed the 700,000 active subscriber milestone. The carrier had 676,209 subscribers at the end of 2013 and attributed the jump to “record Q1 sales.” To celebrate, WIND Mobile announced “a plethora of new unlimited options” for its revamped monthly plans. The new and updated plans will go live on April 7. Joining the […]
HTC One M8 now available for online orders in Canada
With the HTC One M8 unveiling having finally taken place earlier today, Canadian carriers are quickly announcing their plans to carry the device. In fact, Bell, Rogers and TELUS were all announced as carrying it during HTC’s event. All three started taking online orders at 1300 EST today. Bell Mobility is offering the HTC One M8 for CA$229.95 with a two-year […]
Moto G headed to WIND Mobile (Updated)
Following an exclusive launch with TELUS Mobility and Koodo Mobile last November, the Moto G is now popping up with more Canadian carriers. Following its launch at Virgin Mobile Canada, Motorola today let us know via email that its “smartphone that delivers a premium experience for a third of the price of current high-end phones” is headed to WIND Mobile. […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Android 4.4 update now rolling out in Canada
As promised this weekend, Bell Mobility today began pushing out the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Android 4.4 update to its customers. Better yet, the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update is also rolling out to other carriers as well. Reports are now coming in here at EyeOnMobility as well as other sites that the update is also hitting devices on the Rogers […]
VimpelCom writes down value of WIND Mobile to zero
The future of WIND Mobile is a little cloudier today after parent company VimpelCom announced that it had written down its investment in the Canadian carrier down to zero. It attributed its FY 2013 Q4 net loss to “non-cash impairment charges taken on our assets in Ukraine and Canada.” The writedown for Canada was valued at US$768 million. VimpelCom added […]
Google’s red Nexus 5 now available from Videotron
Google launched the red Nexus 5 on Google Play early last month. Valentine’s Day may be gone but you can still get your hands on it and it is now coming to Canadian carriers as well. First out of the gate is Videotron which started to offer it today but other carriers are expected to carry it as well very […]
Samsung Galaxy S5 coming to Canada in April
Samsung has just unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S5. The official press release only indicated that it would be available across the globe starting in April leaving us to wonder what the plans would be for Canada. Samsung Canada has now answered this question and confirmed that it will be coming here (no big surprise right?) with […]