Posts tagged Public Mobile
Public Mobile to Officially Launch in Toronto May 26th, Followed by Montreal
May 20th
Another day, another new entrant into the already-crowded Toronto wireless sector. This time, however, of a CDMA variety.
Public Mobile, who won the rights to G-block CDMA platform back in the 2008 Spectrum auction, opened their doors back in March toting a $40 “Unlimited” Talk and Text plan. They cited a mid-May launch, with huge incentives if customers signed on (i.e. free Canadian long distance for life). Well, May is almost here and our friends over at Mobile Syrup decided to do some digging, emailing Public Mobile via their website to find out if any launch dates had been confirmed yet. The result? A response from the company:
“Our network will be launching in Toronto on May 26th and in Montreal on June 25th. For a limited time, customers who sign up ahead of the network launch will receive free unlimited Canadian long distance for life. After launch, the cost for unlimited Canadian long distance will be $5 per month.”
So, my question is: WIND and Mobilicity are both live, and both 3G/GSM (running on the AWS frequency similar to T-Mobile in the US). Do you think Public Mobile has a chance, when they are launching on,
A) an aging Canadian CDMA network
B) not offering anything spectacular enough to stand out above the other new entrants
May 26th is just around the corner so let’s see how well they can market themselves when launch time comes.
[via MobileSyrup]
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New wireless carrier Public Mobile not as “Unlimited” as they claim to be.
Mar 19th
The new carrier on the Canadian block, Public Mobile launched yesterday, touting a $40 a month “unlimited” talk and text plan. They only offer four phones, all of which are pretty standard that are designed mainly for messaging and calling purposes. Sorry folks, no Nexus One this time around.
WIND mobile has come out to try to inform users to just what this “unlimited” plan includes. WIND issued a press release to make sure customers understand the limits of Public Mobile’s plans. They point out the fact that Public Mobile’s plans only work in their coverage area proving that while the plans may be unlimited, the coverage is not. There is no roaming at all so if you aren’t Public Mobile’s limited coverage areas then you simply don’t have service. Public Mobile is currently able to reach 19 million people in Ontario and Quebec. While this sounds good, the map below shows that coverage is limited to the cities of Montréal and Toronto and it’s surrounding area.
Whether or not Public Mobile will be a serious competitor in Canada’s mobile market is still debatable and to some it seems that Public Mobile is just looking to get bought out by a larger provider. What do you think about Public Mobile? Will they compete with the larger wireless providers in Canada?
[Via MobileSyrup]
There’s a new kid in town…
Mar 1st
Well well well, what do we have here? What is this seemingly happy man offering? food? jewelery? maybe mens suits? hmm… I was just as baffled as you when I first saw it. Cleverly placed ads like this popped up all across Toronto’s bus shelters today leaving commuters asking: “what the?”
So I took it upon myself to do a little digging and found out that Mobile Syrup had discovered the same ads and were just as baffled, however, they got to the bottom of it. The ads are for none other than Public Mobile, the newest carrier to offer the now notorious $40 “Unlimited” voice and text plans. They will run on the G-Block CDMA platform (won in the great spectrum auction of 2008) so NO you cannot use an existing unlocked device with them. No word on the official launch date, but its being said they are taking a similar route to recently launched WIND Mobile and will be distributing through corporate and retail channels.
What do you think? Willing to try them out? Let us know!
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