What a weekend in Châteauguay! Public Mobile’s newest store is now open and we brought hockey legend Guy Lafleur along to celebrate.
The event was a huge success, with over 250 excited hockey fans in attendance. We handed out cards so that fans could get an autograph although many brought their own memorabilia for Guy to sign! He was also happy to pose for photos with some of our lucky customers.
Have a look at our album on Facebook to see photos of the event!
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For those in and around Châteauguay, Public Mobile is arriving in your neighborhood this weekend, and bringing Guy Lafleur with them!
Meet the hockey legend at the new Public Mobile store Grand Opening in Châteauguay this Sunday December 11th from 1-2:30pm. Hockey fans will have the chance to take photos with him and get some autographs.
You will also be a fan of what Public Mobile has to offer! While you’re there for the party, pick up an Android Smartphone and enjoy unlimited talk, text and data plus unlimited long distance in Canada for only $35 a month for 6 months!
The new store is located at Centre Régional Châteauguay, 200 boulevard d’Anjou – http://g.co/maps/fzt4d.
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To say thanks for being a customer, we’re giving you a chance to win FREE service for 6 months. Simply make your payment in October at a store, by phone or online, and you’ll be automatically entered to win. We’ll announce one winner per store in November. Good luck!
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We’re very excited to offer Public Mobile customers with friends and family overseas another way to talk with per minute overseas long distance! This new feature is convenient, easy and offers affordable rates to the 17 countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. For a complete list of countries available on a per minutes basis and be sure to check in frequently we’ll be adding new countries over time!
If you’re an existing Public Mobile customer, you are automatically able to use per minute overseas long distance! Just make sure to top off your Wallet to ensure that you have sufficient funds. It’s that easy.
Rates are subject to change without notice so please check our website for current rates prior to placing per minute overseas long distance calls.
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In March we introduced our 15¢-per-minute voice roaming to help you talk when outside our unlimited coverage area while paying the lowest roaming price in Canada.
We have another big announcement: on September 16th, we launched our extended roaming coverage to offer our current and future customers increased access to Public Mobile when out of our unlimited coverage area. Now Public Mobile customers have the freedom to talk and text across Canada more than ever before thanks to our expanded coverage in Eastern Canada and complete coverage of the Quebec City-to-Windsor corridor.
The coverage map found on our website outlines the recent full extension in detail but here are a few major highlights:
Quebec- increased coverage along the north and south shores of the St. Lawrence River. Coverage along Hwy 175 to Chicoutimi, Jonquiere and Lac St.Jean.
Ontario – increased coverage in southwestern Ontario, west of Lake Simcoe and north into cottage country along highways 400, 69 and 17.
Newfoundland – now has coverage across parts of the southeastern corner and following Highway 1 across the island to the west coast.
Nova Scotia – the majority of the province is now covered including Halifax, Amherst, Truro, Windsor, Yarmouth and much of the island of Cape Breton.
Prince Edward Island – The entire island!
New Brunswick – Includes Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John and Hwy 2 throughout the province.
Alberta – Coverage includes Edmonton,Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
British Colombia – Expanded coverage in the northeastern corner of the province.
Check out our updated coverage map
Should you have any more questions about roaming, please visit the roaming portion of the ‘Support’ section.
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Good news for customers with the unlimited Canadian, U.S. and international text messaging feature: incoming and outgoing Facebook and Twitter text message updates are free when in Public Mobile’s unlimited coverage area, if you find yourself on the road, incoming messages are free and outgoing messages will only cost you $0.15.
Subscribing from your phone is quick and easy.
For Facebook:
For more information on Facebook shortcodes, please visit www.facebook.com
For Twitter:
You can subscribe to Twitter via text messaging in two ways:
For more information on how to connect with your friends, post and use Facebook and Twitter short codes from your Public Mobile phone follow the link
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We’re always thinking of ways to help you save time and money, which is why we’re happy to announce that you now have two more ways to pay Public Mobile. We’ve added both an online payment method and a IVR payment method allowing you to pay from the comfort of your home at any time of the day.
For online payments you simply log in using your phone number and PIN to make one-time or recurring payments with your Visa or Master Card.
For IVR payments, you just need to dial *611 from your Public Mobile phone and follow the step by step instructions to pay with your credit card.
We invite you to log in to your account and explore the new feature here: https://www.publicmobile.ca/pmconsumer/dashboard/login?lang=en
Tags: IVR, network, online, payment, public mobile, Update | Posted in Our coverage, Plans and Features, Support | 9 Comments »
For many of our customers this time of year signals the beginning of Back to School season. And that usually goes hand in hand with Back to School shopping: a new wardrobe, new shoes, new school supplies and countless other things. To help you keep your budget on track, we’ve been posting useful tips on our Facebook page throughout the week. If you missed them or need to consult them once again, here they are:
Top 5 Back to School Budget Tips for Parents Presented by Public Mobile
1. Have a game plan
Make a list of all Back to School items that you think your child will need. This will help control your spending and ensure that you stay on top of your budget.
2. Shop alone
The best way to stick to your list is to shop alone. This will help avoid a cart full of unnecessary items and separate the wants from the needs.
3. Recycle supplies
Re-use what you can. If the binder, backpack or pencil case are all still in good shape, don’t toss them in the garbage just yet. See what supplies you have from last year and salvage what you can.
4. Prepare lunches
This is a great way to satisfy your wallet and your children’s appetites. There are tons of great recipe ideas online that are affordable, healthy and delicious!
5. Choose a cell phone that’s right for you
What can really make your heart stop is your child’s mobile phone bill. To avoid any surprises, do your research and buy a plan that is right for you. Public Mobile offers a wide variety of unlimited and affordable mobile phone services with no contracts or credit check.
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Last Saturday and Sunday Public Mobile participated in the Week-ends du Monde Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau, an event that brings together Montreal’s diverse cultures through music, dance, and gastronomy. We had such a great time that we’re returning this weekend too!
Over 100,000 people were in attendance last weekend and we are expecting to meet a lot more of you this time so please stop by our booth to say hello!
Public Mobile’s tents are scattered across the four different festival sites, celebrating different communities each day.
For a full schedule of this weekends events follow this link.
Don’t miss out on this great experience!
Special Festival Deal
And we brought some special deals with us too! Public Mobile will be giving away free C78 phones at the Week-ends du Monde Festival when you sign up for our $35 plan or another plan with additional features equaling to $39 or more.
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Public Mobile was one of the proud co-sponsors of the “Taste of Italy” event that took place on College Street in Toronto over the weekend of June 18th.
The 12th edition of the event was a huge – and delicious – success! Approximately 200,000 people were in attendance, all of them there to connect with the community and to take part in cultural activities. 45 local restaurants provided samples of their finest lasagna, lamb skewers, meatball sandwiches and fresh crêpes. The event also featured performances from aboriginal, jazz and independent musicians adding to the lively atmosphere!
What makes this kind of event particularly special for us is that we get to connect with the community, meet new people and learn more about what matters to them.
If you attended the ‘Taste of Little Italy’ event, please write in and tell us about some of the highlights!
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This month marks one year since we began offering service in the Montreal region!
Public Mobile has certainly grown in more ways than one in the past year and we want to thank our team of dedicated employees and loyal customers who have played a big part in allowing us to remain competitive in the Canadian telecom industry.
Over the last year, the Company has grown in Montreal and has expanded off the island into the South Shore and parts of Laval with services provided and community outreach programs.
Our company continues to grow and so does our desire to make a difference in the communities we service. Public Mobile has been adamant about supporting youth and making a difference in its areas of business. In Montreal alone, the Company has been sponsoring 58 local soccer teams in an effort to improve children’s health and encourage fitness from an early age. Public Mobile also gave away 5,000 back to school supply kits for elementary and high school students in an attempt to provide school supplies to children who might otherwise go without.
We’ve said it once – ok, maybe more than once – and we’ll say it again: we are committed to finding ways of making talking affordable and available to Canadians everywhere. This past year was just the beginning so stay tuned!
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Thanks to everyone who sent in their shots for the new campaign! Casting is now closed. Stay tuned for our new campaign coming soon.
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Let’s talk about a career in advertising.
If you’ve seen Public Mobile’s advertising campaign you know that we’d rather show super people than supermodels. And our new campaign is no different. Except this time, we’re giving you a chance to be a part of it.
Here’s what you need to do:
Thank you so much for wanting to be a part of this great campaign. We’ll talk to you soon.
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Announcing our new web and email friendly phone, the ZTE C76! The second phone to join our line-up of affordable data devices, the C76 is a slim candy bar phone with all the features you need without getting locked into a contract.
Follow the link (http://publicmobile.ca/pmconsumer/phones/phoneDetail?phoneId=ZTEC76) to learn more.
Tags: cell phone, mobile, public mobile, Update, voicemail, ZTE, ZTE C76 | Posted in Behind the scenes, In the news, Phones | 1 Comment »
We’ve recently extended our coverage to more areas across Quebec and Ontario. In Quebec our network coverage now includes Repentigny, Terrebonne, Blainville, and St-Eustache. In Ontario, we’ve expanded our network to include Milton and Georgetown.
In addition, thanks to the feedback we’ve received from customers we have now updated our coverage map to highlight areas where we expect to begin service in 2011.
To see our new and improved coverage, click here!
Tags: 2011, Blainville, Coverage Map, Georgetown, Milton, Ontario, public mobile, Quebec, Repentigny, St-Eustache, Terrebonne | Posted in In the news | 4 Comments »
Yesterday marked a full year since we launched service in Toronto, Ontario and expanded into the Greater Toronto Area, servicing a network from Hamilton to Oshawa. We are very proud of the progress that our company has made in the past year and, more importantly, of the relationships we’ve built with our customers and employees.
Your commitment and support, as well as our own, has allowed us to stay competitive in this challenging market and to provide you with plans and products that truly make it possible for everybody to talk.
We also feel very fortunate to have been involved with youth programs in communities we service. To date we’ve sponsored 120 local soccer teams, donated 5,000 back-to-school kits to elementary and high school students, as well as supporting community initiatives with phones, monthly phone service and charitable donations.
But it doesn’t end there. With a successful first year under our belt, we are more motivated than ever to continue changing our country’s telecommunications industry for the better. As Public Mobile’s CEO Alek Krstajic said, “we serve the needs of hard-working Canadians and we’re always looking for new and exciting ways to give back to the communities that have been a constant source of support.”
On behalf of everyone at Public Mobile, thank you.
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We’re happy to announce the arrival of our data service as well as our first data phone
Now Public Mobile customers can enjoy unlimited email for $5/mo with the new BUZZ™ device. BUZZ is an affordable and – if we do say so ourselves – stylish data-capable wireless phone with a full QWERTY keyboard for easy texting and emailing. No contracts. No activation fees.
It’s unlimited email at an unbeatable price. Yet another way that Public Mobile is bringing real unlimited alternatives to more Canadians.
For more info about the Buzz, click here.
For more info about the $5 unlimited email feature, click here.
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Today we’re announcing the launch of our $15 unlimited plan. And we’re thinking it’ll do us all a world of good.
Canadian cellphone users have been held hostage for years. We have been paying outrageous fees for telecommunication services. It’s always been Public Mobile’s mission to change this. Today we have.
With a straightforward $15 a month plan there is now a real alternative to prepaid cards. No more counting minutes, topping up or standing in line. And no more paying up to 40 cents a minute.
And now, cutting the cord on our home phones is possible. Which would mean we could stop paying ludicrous 40-year old charges like ‘Touch-Tone’ or crazy made up fees like ‘network access’ on long distance plans.
Could this be more than just a new rate plan announcement? Maybe it could be about us deciding to enrich our communities instead of making three big companies richer. We like that idea. So we are launching our Public Good initiative. Starting today, we will donate $10,000 to local charities for every 10,000 new customers who join Public Mobile. To kick things off, we are donating to the Because I am a Girl charity run by Plan Canada.
We think that this way, we all win. For good.
To get inspired, watch our video here.
Learn more and read the full press release here.
To learn more about Because I am a Girl, you can visit their website at http://www.becauseiamagirl.ca.
You can also watch the Girl Effect video at http://www.girleffect.org/video.
Or visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/becauseiamagirlcanada.
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If life is taking you on the road, Public Mobile has good news for you: Our network is now larger. We have expanded our network and have added roaming, making it possible for you to talk and text while you’re traveling outside of our Unlimited Coverage Area.
Our roaming works on a pay-per-use basis, so you will only be charged when you use the service. Here are the steps to set up roaming:
Public Mobile’s roaming charges are 15¢/minute, the lowest price in Canada, and will allow you to call any destination in Canada or the United States. For incoming calls, the same roaming charges of 15¢/minute apply and allow you to accept calls from Canada, the United States or international destinations. If you have text messaging, you will be able to receive unlimited free text messages while roaming and will only be charged 15¢ for any messages you send.
You can choose to roam by setting your phone to ‘automatic’. Instructions are available here or you can call *611 from your Public Mobile phone for assistance from our contact centre.
Our roaming coverage area includes major cities in both Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia.
For more information on roaming, consult our February 28th blog post on the subject.
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For a limited time only, Public Mobile is offering a steal of a deal.
Sign up now and you’ll get unlimited talk and text for 6 months for only $25.
That’s a savings of $180 over the regular price. You’ll get $10 off our real unlimited talk and text plan plus free Canadian and U.S long distance plus free voicemail. As well, for those of you who spend a lot of time on the road, we’re giving you a $5 roaming credit to get you started with our roaming service when it launches March 14th.
Click here to find a Public Mobile store near you.
Tags: free, Not free but close, public mobile, roaming, unlimited, unlimited talk and text. Canada and US long distance | Posted in Promotions | 11 Comments »
We’ve gone BOGO (Buy One Get One) for Valentine’s Day! From February 11th until February 14th, buy any one of our phones and we’ll give you a ZTE C70 handset to give to that special someone absolutely free. Just sign both phones up for any of our real unlimited plans, which start at only $24 a month, to take advantage of this offer.
Unlimited talk and text is better than chocolates, isn’t it?
We continue to offer discounts on selected phones so stop by one of our stores or give us a call at 1-877-999-5055 to learn more.
Click here to find a Public Mobile store near you
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The Chinese New Year begins February 3rd and Public Mobile would like to wish all a prosperous New Year. Tradition holds that this year is set to be calmer, especially following the high momentum of the previous year of the Tiger. Even if you don’t follow the Chinese calendar cycle, it is a nice reminder for all of us to take a moment to breath, relax and enjoy the things important to us – like re-connecting with friends and family and those people that are important to you.
For anyone wanting to wish their overseas friends or family members a happy Chinese New Year, Public Mobile has an unlimited long distance feature that will make it possible to talk as long and as often as you want for only $15 per month.
Texting to China is also FREE for anyone who has the $35 talk and text plan.
Tags: $35 plan, Chinese Calendar, Chinese New Year, public mobile, unlimited talk & text | Posted in Plans and Features | 16 Comments »
Public Mobile customers certainly are a friendly bunch – we’ve been collecting applications and busily handing out credits non-stop since we started the program. The friendship pays offer is so popular, that we’ve decided to keep it going.
Here’s how it works – refer your friends to Public Mobile and get a $20 credit for every friend who joins. There is no limit to the number of friends you can refer, so the more friends that join, the more you save. So get on the bandwagon and start saving in 3 easy steps:
Our lawyers want us to tell you that to receive the credit both accounts must be in good standing, and credits cannot be redeemed for cash and in some cases may not be combined with other offers.
For more info call 1-877-999-5055.
Free stuff. That’s what friends are for.
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Happy holidays and best wishes for the New Year from all of us at Public Mobile.
As we near the end of 2010, we can’t help but reflect back on the year we’ve had and the achievements that were made. The people that have been hired and the team we built; receiving our license from the government; launching our network in Toronto and Montreal; and building stores and teaming up with all our retail partners. But most of all, we want to thank all the Canadians who chose Public Mobile and helped us improve by providing feedback and support. As fondly as we look back at 2010 and all that it held, we’re looking forward to an exciting 2011.
Just a quick reminder that we’ll be taking some time off to get into the holiday spirit with our family and friends but look forward to talking to you again in January.
Tags: happy holidays, public mobile | Posted in People and Places | 1 Comment »
Our Find the $10,000 Public Mobile Phone contest has ended and the two lucky winners will be having a very Merry Christmas indeed.
In Montreal, listeners of NRJ 94.3FM searched the city daily to find the hidden phones until the phone winners met last Friday for the finale, at our store on Wellington Street in Verdun. They were told to bring their new Public Mobile phones because the winner would receive a call from our head office informing them that they won. Sébastien David couldn’t contain his excitement when his phone rang, making him the recipient of the $10,000 cash prize. The world is now his oyster, as Sébastien will be using the money to do a bit of traveling. In Toronto, our finalists, who had diligently listened to BOOM 97.3FM for clues, gathered last Saturday at our store on Danforth Ave. and Denisa Kroscenova was the fortunate one to win the $10,000 cash prize. She plans on using the money to buy something that many Canadians wish for in the winter – a new car.
Congrats to both Sébastien and Denisa and we hope that all of our 19 finalists enjoy their new Kyocera G2GO phones and their three months of unlimited talk and text service!
Tags: 10 000$, Boom 97.3FM, Contest Winners, NRJ 94.3, public mobile, Radio | Posted in Promotions | 4 Comments »
Montrealers have been a buzz with our Find the Public Mobile $10,000 phone Contest, and now it’s Toronto’s turn. The contest with BOOM 97.3FM is now open! Click here to read all about how we can help you have a VERY happy holiday.
Good luck everyone!
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