Every carrier nowadays seems to taking over the big box retailers and supermarkets. The Big 3 and others have already set foot in Wal-mart and we can now add Public Mobile to this list as they are now adding Wal-mart to their distribution list by selling their devices and plans in 48 stores total, 39 [...]

This is coming via an article in the Financial Post. It seems that Public Mobile CEO Alek Krstajic was at least partially clairvoyant when he predicted a year and a half ago that two of the three new Canadian cellular market wireless entrants would be gone by next year. Of course, Mr. Krstajic probably assumed he [...]

If executed properly, this is a genius marketing idea going into the holidays. A tipster just sent this picture into Mobile Syrup of a campaign Public Mobile is doing with the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission, for the out of towners). Essentially, all you need to do is buy a phone (they start at $30) put [...]

Mobile phone service is reaching a whole new level of “convenience” in Canada. We first had WIND Mobile announce they would launch in Blockbuster video retail outlets. Rogers then announced plans to start selling within Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies; Telus’ recent acquisition and deployment of cellphones within Black’s photography stores; Bell bought some The Source stores; Mobilicity is almost [...]

So, you’re another start-up carrier, launching in an already-saturated cellular market that is the GTA corridor. Offering a mid-range $40 “Unlimited” plan just wont cut it when competing with the incumbents. So what do you do? You undercut the competition and go cheaper. With the launch date finally here Public is offering a new unlimited [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]