A look at why the Public Mobile team believes that Canadians are ready for a new kind of mobile phone company.
Archive for November, 2009
A company built for Canada
Tags: built for canada, cell phone, let's do it right, mobile, mobile for everyone, public mobile, team, telco, unlimited with no buts | Posted in Behind the scenes | 14 Comments »
A question from: Canadian_Kool
We received an interesting inquiry and we thought we’d share it with you.
Canadian_Kool: I realize that you have a difficult band of spectrum, but I heard that you were able to use a commercially available CDMA phone on your network. In that case, I would strongly recommend that you allow people to purchase old CDMA phones and load your PRL file onto it and bring their own phones to Public. Is this even technically possible?
Public Mobile: Thanks for your question. The phone we used to make our first phone call on our G Block spectrum was a commercially available phone that had been tuned to support our G Block spectrum. Since then we’ve been talking with a variety of phone manufacturers who will provide us with a selection of phones for launch. Our phones will also be capable of supporting commercially available PCS (Personal Communications Service) blocks of spectrum, so if you ever needed to make a 911 call outside the Public Mobile network footprint, the phone would still place the call.
No, unfortunately you will not be able to use an old CDMA phones on the Public Mobile network.
Tags: cdma, g-block spectrum, pcs, public mobile answers your questions, technology | Posted in Questions & answers | 6 Comments »
A question from: Blade
Here’s another great question from a Public Mobile blog reader that we thought we wanted to share with you.
Blade: I hear a lot of talk of “Talk&Text”, that’s all well and good. But what I want to know is what are your plans for DATA? Will you be providing affordable data plans? Will data be included in your standard $40 plan? Rogers/Fido have forced me to go the last 8 months *dies a little inside* without caller display or voice-mail (my friends all hate me now but… its the principle!) so I’m kinda used to it, but I’d like to know if at least voice-mail is included in your $40 plan.
Public Mobile: Hi Blade – Public Mobile will be launching with our $40 unlimited talk and text plan initially. We are building our network to accommodate data transmission so we can expand our offering to consumers in the future. As far as call display and voicemail, we are keeping the full details of our $40 unlimited talk and text plan from being released currently. Stay tuned as we’ll update our website to give full plan details as we get closer to launch.
Tags: 40$ a month, call display, data, public mobile answers your questions, unlimited talk&text, voicemail | Posted in Questions & answers | 6 Comments »
A Rooftop Tutorial
Meet Brian. He’s been working in this industry for over 20 years and he knows his mobile phone technology. Who better to explain how antennas and mobile phone signals work than him? You’ll also get to check out the view from our rooftop.
Tags: at work, Brian, cell phone, cell site #1, mobile, rooftop, starting from scratch, team, technology, telco, the latest stuff, what 20 years can do to mobile technology | Posted in Behind the scenes | 6 Comments »
A question from: Maxo
(French) Public Mobile blog reader Maxo asked us a question about our bandwidth and it’s a good one. We thought we’d share it (and our answer) with you.
Maxo: Hi, I think that what scares people is the new bandwidth you’re using. There is not one other company in America who uses it and that feeds our skepticism. Have you done conclusive testing and are you not worried about facing unexpected surprises when you launch?
Public Mobile: Hi Maxo. Thanks for your questions. The spectrum that Public Mobile purchased is really no different to the rest of the spectrum that was auctioned last year by Industry Canada. In February this year we demonstrated this at a press conference in Toronto where we made a call over our recently purchased spectrum using mobile phone equipment that is commercially available. Similar spectrum is owned by Sprint in the United States.
We have a great network team here at Public Mobile and they’re working hard to ensure that our launch is problem free. Check back in tomorrow to see a video of Brian, our technical lead, and get a tour of one of our antenna sites.
Tags: bandwidth, network, public mobile answers your questions, skepticism answered, spectrum | Posted in Questions & answers | 6 Comments »
One thing about Public Mobile
We may be biased but we think we have assembled the best team in the business. Not only are they talented and all around terrific individuals but they share in our philosophy. Here’s what they have to say about Public Mobile.
Tags: a company for you, at work, cell phone, interview, mobile, no surprise, one thing, public mobile is coming, team, telco, unlimited, we're on your side | Posted in Behind the scenes | Write a comment »
Alek in the car
Take a ride with Alek, Public Mobile’s CEO, and find out how his childhood helped to shape the company he runs today.
Tags: Alek, at work, cell phone, CEO, interview, mobile, team | Posted in Behind the scenes | 6 Comments »
Hi there
My name’s Alek, and I’m just one of the many people behind Public Mobile. I’m pretty proud to see how far we’ve progressed since we began, but also recognize we’ve got a way to go for our dream of affordable and accessible mobile phone service to come true.
Everyone has something interesting to say, and the right to say it. That’s what inspired us to create Public Mobile – that communication is a right, not a privilege.
We will offer a flat-rate, no-contract, no-nonsense plan that makes it easy for people to plan what they spend, while talking and texting as much as they want.
What all of us here at Public Mobile want most is to be a company that matters to you. We’re working hard to give you something of real value, and know that keeping your business means treating you like a real person. We have set up this blog to allow people to ask the team here at Public Mobile questions, share ideas and tell us what is important to you. We will let you know about what we’re up to, and what we’ve got planned for the future.
So, let’s get this conversation started.
What would you like to talk about today?
Alek
CEO, Public Mobile
Everybody Talk.
Tags: affordable and accessible phones, Alek, hello, this is public mobile, what the future holds for us | Posted in Behind the scenes, Latest news, Questions & answers | 31 Comments »
A quick update
By david | Posted November 13th, 2009
Hey everybody,
Our apologies if some of your comments did not appear on the blog immediately after posting them. We have changed the comments section and your questions and feedback should now immediately appear on the blog. We want to ensure that this blog is an open forum for transparency and truly a medium to answer your questions. Check out the comments section of the blog posts for some answers.
Thanks for your patience!
The Public Mobile team