Column: Should You Switch To Wind Mobile?

By A Dawn

Wind Mobile, owned by Globalive Communications, launched its service in Canada and opened doors to new competition. Canada’s cell phone market was captured and manipulated by the big three carriers (Bell, Rogers, and Telus) for a long time. Wind Mobile’s entrance in Canadian market is revolutionary and is expected to make dents in the big three’s over-priced cellular plans. However, how economical are Wind Mobile’s voice and data plans? Should you switch right now?

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Release: Rogers launches chatr budget prepaid mobile carrier

chatr wireless today announced its entry into the Canadian market offering Canadians unlimited talk and text on a trusted network. chatr will offer cost certainty with zone-based plans including unlimited talk for just $35 per month and unlimited talk and text for just $45 per month, without term contracts. The service will be available in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and soon in Montreal with future plans for other Canadian markets.

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Wind Mobile selling $1.00 hotdogs to 'celebrate' launch of Rogers' Chatr

WIND Mobile, one of the recent entrants into Canada's budget wireless services is up in arms at Rogers launch of competing discount-prepaid  mobile brand Chatr.

Part awareness campaign and part PR stunt, Wind sent out an invitation for Torontonians to, "celebrate the arrival of even more competition in the wireless market with Rogers' experiment, the launch of chatr on their 2G network."

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Breaking News: Mobilicity Launches handsets and plans for GTA

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Mobilicity or the-carrier-formerly-known-as-Dave Wireless, is opening its lines for business in Toronto. Unveiled during a press event in Scarborough today inside one of its standalone kiosks, Canada's 7th, and apparently most ambitious new GSM cell and data carrier will begin operations tomorrow.

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