Public Mobile

 
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Public Mobile

Formed in 2008, Public Mobile provides unlimited talk and text services to value conscious customers in Ontario and Quebec. There are no contracts, no credit checks and no surprises. Public Mobile launched its network service in May 2010 in Toronto and in June 2010 in Montreal. Public Mobile is building its network from Windsor to Quebec City. The company purchased its spectrum licence for $52M in July 2008. The licence covers an area reaching 19 million Canadians.

Website:
http://www.publicmobile.ca
Address:
Bay St
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Blog Posts About Public Mobile

Public Mobile kiosks pop up in Zellers
Public Mobile is now in 29 Zellers locations in Montreal and the Greater Toronto Area. The startup discount wireless carrier has continued to grow within the two regions, though has not expanded... [more]
Public Mobile Has a 3G Network Right Now But They've Been Keeping it a Secret
Public Mobile has had its 2G network for a while now and plenty of cheap, talk-and-text dumb phones like the Kyocera Tomo and ZTE E520. But the discount wireless carrier startup knows that growth... [more]
Public Mobile Leaked Document: 'Rogers is Obsessed With Putting New Entrants Out of Business'
Some insider numbers and opinions have surfaced around Public Mobile, one of Canada's startup discount carriers. A tipster leaked a document to mobile blog Mobile Syrup. The internal memo was... [more]
Wireless startups to claim less Canadian subscriptions than originally expected, report reveals
In April, Convergence released a report that forecast wireless startups (Wind, Public, and Mobilicity) to capture 16% of the Canadian subscriber market by the end of 2014. This month, Convergence... [more]
Public Mobile expands coverage to reach 93% of Canadians
One of startup wireless carrier Public Mobile's original crippling factors was its awful coverage—outside of its limited Public coverage areas, you couldn't text or call.  Last year... [more]
Public Mobile picks at WInd Mobile's open wounds, Globalive to defend itself in Supreme Court
Public Mobile is looking to raze Wind Mobile via the legal system. And while it hasn't yet succeeded, it hasn't yet failed, either. The startup telco is a direct rival to Wind, which—being... [more]
Canada's wireless startups snag a quarter of all new subscribers but still have a long way to go: Report
Startup wireless carriers like Wind and Mobilicity and capturing one in four new subscribers, according to a report by the CRTC, but they still have a long way to go. Public Mobile, Videtron,... [more]
Which Canadian wireless carrier is best? JD Power knows. Hint: It's none of the Big Three
JD Power and Associated unveiled its 2011 Canadian Wireless Customer Satisfaction report today.  In it are some obvious facts: first, average monthly wireless charges increased from 2009.... [more]
Report suggests wireless entrants to claim 16% marketshare by 2016, but neglects one thing
The Convergence Consulting Group has released a new study. Titled “The Battle for the North American (Canada/US) Couch Potato: Bundling, TV, Internet, Telephone, Wireless,” the study... [more]
Landlines' final nail in the coffin? Public Mobile unleashes Unlimited Talk for $15
Landlines have become largely a redundant monthly expense as telcos have expanded wireless networks and smartphones gain ever-increasing capabilities. But even so, there's still a niche that simply... [more]
Public Mobile-branded smartphone to launch in April but unlikely to generate Buzz
Public Mobile has decided to launch its own branded smartphone called Buzz. The phone, which looks like a retro BlackBerry knockoff, is low on details but MobileSyrup managed to get this image of... [more]
Public Mobile expects other startups to fail and wants to acquire them. Good luck
Public Mobile CEO Alek Krstajic has come out and said - without naming names, of course - that it expects one or two of the wireless startups to run out of money by the end of the year. And that... [more]
Wind Mobile agrees: consolidation in Canada's telecom industry is necessary
Let's talk subscribers. Telus: 7 million. Bell: 7.3 million. Rogers: 9 million, Wind, Public Mobile, and Mobilicty combined? Less than half a million, or under two percent the amount the Big... [more]
Will America's AT&T and T-Mobile merger trigger aftershocks in the Canadian telecom industry?
When AT&T announced on the weekend it would buy T-Mobile in full for $39 billion, few saw this coming. But while both companies serve the U.S., this unexpected earthquake in America's telecom... [more]
Public Mobile to launch lowest roaming cell phone rates in Canada
In less than two weeks, Public Mobile will be offering what it calls “the lowest roaming cell phone rates ever in Canadian history” for its customers. Form its outset, lapses in... [more]

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