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TOTA Mobile/Wireless/Celluar/VOIP Thread (pg. 172)
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| Abercrombie |
We closed the deal officially on July 1st.
Here's part of an email I got on Monday from a VP (non-restricted, otherwise I'd be in trouble);
| quote: | Two weeks ago you received a note from Todd Bradley regarding the close of the HP acquisition of Palm. As we move forward in notifying our customers and partners, it is just as important to keep our local teams abreast of our intentions and what it means to HP.
Our goals as we move ahead:
1. HP will become a leader in smartphones, through our global scale and financial resources, coupled with the exceptional Palm webOS mobile operating system.
2. HP will leverage webOS into a wide range of connected mobile devices, from smartphones to slates to netbooks.
3. A billion people around the world use HP technology everyday across more than 170 countries, and HP will continue to invest to deliver differentiated, compelling user experiences for customers ranging from individual consumers to enterprises like yours.
4. HP will be making a significant investment in the developer community to create more personalized experiences for our customers |
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| malek |
Cool chart:
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| jester |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
HP already bought them a while back. |
My bad. |
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| Stilez |
So I called up Rogers today to inquire about eligibility, general iPhone 4 questions, etc... when I found out that someone had 'mistakenly' changed my contract code and that I went from a 1yr contract to a 3yr contract with them. This is a huge deal, as it would affect many of the options I'd have being on a 3yr contract. Anyways, the CSR caught that and changed it back to a 1yr but with a better deal of unlimited txt msg'ing instead of the 1000txt/sms msg'ing i had before.
The CSR was super cool. I've only ever had good experiences with Rogers' call centre.  |
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| Orko |
The OS looks great, but I doubt how successful they can be, now that Android has effectively stolen their mobile business. |
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| E2EK1EL |
Report: Mobilicity and Public Mobile have less than 7,000 subscribers, combined.
There’s an interesting article on the GSMA’s Mobile Business Briefing that gives insights into the number of subscribers our new entrants might have. Currently there are rumours out there that have WIND Mobile bringing in 100,000 subscribers since launching last December. However, there are no stats of either Mobilicity or Public Mobile.
We’re not sure where these numbers came from but they state that Public Mobile who operates in Toronto and Montreal have a 0.02% market share with 3,584 subscribers. During the auction Public spent $53 million and have the possibility of reaching 19 million customers. They opened their doors on March 18th and with this stat is shows they sign up on average of 25 subscribers per day (it’s been 141 days since the doors opened).
In addition, Mobilicity invested $243.1-million for 10 licenses during the Canadian Wireless Spectrum Auction and currently operates in Toronto, but will expand to Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa later this year. When it comes to subscribers the article states they have brought in 3,000 (0.01% market share) since launching on May 14th… so effective today Mobilicity has been in operation for 84 days and on average have signed up 36 people every day.
Check out the full breakdown after the break
That's horrible news, I hope they pick up soon |
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| VDub |
| quote: | This month, Rogers has launched a new 50% off promotion for 6PM early evenings and also made 6PM early evenings a new plan feature choice. However, I am not really sure how I feel about this new 6PM feature update from Rogers.
Obviously I prefer that Rogers just make 6PM early evening calling free (instead of charging $7.00/month), but then I can’t forget that the Canadian wireless industry is about imitation and not innovation (evenings normally start at 9PM with the Canadian carriers).
50% 6PM Early Evenings
With the free 6PM early evening calling promotion ending on August 3, Rogers has now introduced a new 50% off 6PM early evening calling promotion.
Expiring on September 15, 2010, Rogers customers who opt for the 6PM early evening calling option will receive the feature at 50% off. In other words, instead of paying $7.00/month, customers now pay $3.50/month until the feature is removed by the customer.
The add-on does not require customers to be on a contract and existing Rogers customers are also eligible without having to renew their existing contracted term (if applicable).
New Plan Feature Choice: 6PM Early Evening Calling
Another 6PM calling promotion from Rogers, this one expiring on November 1, 2010, brings 6PM early evening calling as a new plan feature choice.
On the existing Rogers Voice Plans, Share Plans, Voice & Data plans, and Student Plans, customers have the choice to add one of the following free promotions to the existing plan:
Unlimited Messages (text, picture, video)
My5 Canada-wide
Unlimited Networking Calling (Rogers, Fido, Rogers Home Phone)
Double your Minutes
6PM early evening calling is now being added as a fifth feature choice (3-year agreement required).
Again, it would be great to have 6PM as a free standard option and then still being able to choose one of the four aforementioned features, but this is Rogers we’re talking about. At least now, customers who do more talking on their mobile can choose 6PM calling for free and save $7.00/month. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
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Videotron has 88,000 subscribers, their 3.75G network is coming online next month. |
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| jester |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
Videotron has 88,000 subscribers, their 3.75G network is coming online next month. |
Nice figure.
I just hope Quebecor wireless arm going to have something similar to the Canada/US Data. |
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| jester |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Report: Mobilicity and Public Mobile have less than 7,000 subscribers, combined.
There’s an interesting article on the GSMA’s Mobile Business Briefing that gives insights into the number of subscribers our new entrants might have. Currently there are rumours out there that have WIND Mobile bringing in 100,000 subscribers since launching last December. However, there are no stats of either Mobilicity or Public Mobile.
We’re not sure where these numbers came from but they state that Public Mobile who operates in Toronto and Montreal have a 0.02% market share with 3,584 subscribers. During the auction Public spent $53 million and have the possibility of reaching 19 million customers. They opened their doors on March 18th and with this stat is shows they sign up on average of 25 subscribers per day (it’s been 141 days since the doors opened).
In addition, Mobilicity invested $243.1-million for 10 licenses during the Canadian Wireless Spectrum Auction and currently operates in Toronto, but will expand to Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa later this year. When it comes to subscribers the article states they have brought in 3,000 (0.01% market share) since launching on May 14th… so effective today Mobilicity has been in operation for 84 days and on average have signed up 36 people every day.
Check out the full breakdown after the break
That's horrible news, I hope they pick up soon |
I thought on boygenius. Someone from Mobilicity told them the figures they had for the amount of customers they had was wrong and it was higher.
Quebecor wireless arm also operating in Ontario (or parts of) |
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| E2EK1EL |
Cellphone user rings up $85,000 bill (Once again on BELL)
Posted by RJ in 2007
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=260410&perpage=12&forumid=12&pagenumber=51
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/article803196.ece
(Back in the days I had this minor problem too, misformed by the Roger's moronic CSR and all charges waived.
Mine was only $120.00, but at least I asked and didn't take it overboard.
I've seen the $23,000 Bell bill from some moron tethering off his cheese ass phone to download a 1.2GB AVI a few years ago, but this one is brutal!)
Math Time
$23,000 = 1.2GB
$85,000 = 5GB
*6GB = $115,000 - I think paying $30.00 is a better pick* |
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