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December 16th, 2009, 19:20
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Despite some last-minute drama with the government (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/crtc-blocks-canadas-wind-from-launching-over-ownership-concerns/), Canada's WIND Mobile has launched today, bringing to the table an interesting new low-cost competitor to the nation's giant incumbents, Rogers, Bell, and Telus. Though its network -- based on last year's AWS auction (http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/07/22/marathon-canadian-spectrum-auction-finally-wraps-up/) -- lacks the footprint of the bigger guys, the pricing is pretty compelling: its $15 voice plan offers twice the minutes of low-cost competitors Koodoo and Fido (which are really just fronts for Telus and Rogers, anyway) and CAD $35 (about $33) wins you unlimited data on your BlackBerry. Speaking of BlackBerrys, WIND is rolling out the Bold 9700 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Bold9700/) as one of its launch devices alongside the HTC Maple (known as the Dash 3G (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/07/08/t-mobile-dash-3g-slips-into-availability-on-t-mobiles-website/) in the States), the Samsung Gravity (http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/06/t-mobile-officially-announces-samsung-behold-and-gravity/), the Huawei U519, and the E181 USB modem. Service is only live in Toronto and Calgary at the moment, but the limited distribution doesn't seem to be holding people back -- WIND's site has been up and down all morning.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
WIND Mobile launches in Canada, T-Mobile gets a spectrum buddy (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/wind-mobile-launches-in-canada-t-mobile-gets-a-spectrum-buddy/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/wind-mobile-launches-in-canada-t-mobile-gets-a-spectrum-buddy/) http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_VIA.gifToronto Star (http://www.thestar.com/business/article/739543--wind-launches-with-cheaper-cell-phone-rates) | http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gifWIND Mobile (http://www.windmobile.ca/) | Email this (http://www.engadget.com/forward/19283751/) | Comments (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/wind-mobile-launches-in-canada-t-mobile-gets-a-spectrum-buddy/#comments)
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Despite some last-minute drama with the government (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/crtc-blocks-canadas-wind-from-launching-over-ownership-concerns/), Canada's WIND Mobile has launched today, bringing to the table an interesting new low-cost competitor to the nation's giant incumbents, Rogers, Bell, and Telus. Though its network -- based on last year's AWS auction (http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/07/22/marathon-canadian-spectrum-auction-finally-wraps-up/) -- lacks the footprint of the bigger guys, the pricing is pretty compelling: its $15 voice plan offers twice the minutes of low-cost competitors Koodoo and Fido (which are really just fronts for Telus and Rogers, anyway) and CAD $35 (about $33) wins you unlimited data on your BlackBerry. Speaking of BlackBerrys, WIND is rolling out the Bold 9700 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Bold9700/) as one of its launch devices alongside the HTC Maple (known as the Dash 3G (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/07/08/t-mobile-dash-3g-slips-into-availability-on-t-mobiles-website/) in the States), the Samsung Gravity (http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/11/06/t-mobile-officially-announces-samsung-behold-and-gravity/), the Huawei U519, and the E181 USB modem. Service is only live in Toronto and Calgary at the moment, but the limited distribution doesn't seem to be holding people back -- WIND's site has been up and down all morning.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
WIND Mobile launches in Canada, T-Mobile gets a spectrum buddy (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/wind-mobile-launches-in-canada-t-mobile-gets-a-spectrum-buddy/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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