Mobilicity Gets the Green Light to Launch

Late last week the CRTC gave the green light to Mobilicity to launch their mobile service Canada. Mobilicity is not ready to give out a date of when you will be able to subscribe, but they do say that they are expecting to launch in Toronto before the summer and then in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Ottawa before the end of the year.

When Mobilicity does finally launch, it will mark the second new carrier to enter the Canadian market. These new guys are a direct result of the limitations that were placed on the spectrum auction a couple years back, preventing the big 3 from locking up the spectrum and keeping the competition out.  In the last 6 months, since we saw the first new carrier enter the market, Bell, Telus, and Rogers/Fido have been dropping their prices like nothing Canadians have seen before.

We’ll keep you posted on the prices and launch details as we learn more.

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Mike Temporale grew up fascinated by computers since an early age. His first hands on with a computer came when he was 7 years old and a travelling lab of Commodore PET computers made a stop at his school. Hooked on the new world these devices offered, he took any chance possible to get in front of a computer. When Compaq launched the iPaq 3600, he was hooked again. This time on a whole new world of mobile computing. Today, Mike spends his day helping clients deploy and manage their mobile device around the world. From installing custom software, to locking and securing data, and everything in between. He is also the Editor in Chief at Mobile Jaw - a site focused on today's mobile world.

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