Posts Tagged ‘public mobile’
By david | Posted December 10th, 2010
Bills can really start to pile up around the holidays, so we have an offer that will help you out. From December 10 – December 24, refer a friend to Public Mobile and you’ll get a month of free service for every friend who joins!
Start saving in 3 easy steps:
1.Refer a friend to Public Mobile, from December 10 – December 24.
2.Your friend chooses one of our unlimited plans and activates before December 24.
3.You’ll receive a month of free service, which will be applied to your account within 6 weeks.
There is no limit to the number of friends you can refer so the more friends that join, the more you save.
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. This is a limited time offer so don’t delay!
Tags: Friendship Pays, holidays, public mobile, Refer a friend | Posted in Promotions | 5 Comments »
By david | Posted December 6th, 2010
Would you like to win a free phone, 3 months of unlimited talk and text and $10,000 cash? Sure you do. Our Find the Public Mobile $10,000 phone contest is now open for Montreal residents! Click here to read all about how we can help you have a VERY happy holiday.
Toronto residents don’t fret: Our contest will be open to you on December 13th.
Tags: 000 phone contest, 10, public mobile | Posted in Promotions | 2 Comments »
By david | Posted November 29th, 2010
We want to highlight a special customer this week, one who has made our Friendship Pays Program pay off for him. Carlos, a Toronto resident of Portuguese decent and The owner of a DJ and sound company called “Sunset Productions”, has referred 16 friends to Public Mobile in the last three months! We gave him a call to find out how he did it. Maybe you can use his technique to get a $20 referral credit for every friend that you get to sign up with us.
PM: So Carlos, why Public Mobile?
Carlos: Because of the great pricing, the unlimited Canadian long distance plan and the overseas long distance plan. I get to call my mom who still lives in Portugal all of the time!
PM: How did you get all of these people to sign up with us?
Carlos: I meet a lot of people in my business, people who are always on the go and need to call the office or stay in touch with their kids who are running around the city. They don’t need fancyshmancy phones. What they need is a plan that will allow them to talk as much as they want for as long as they want, without having to worry about what the cell phone bill will be at the end of the month. So, I tell them about Public Mobile. I’m really happy with the service and the plans are unbeatable. I refer them to the store on College Street. So far, I’ve referred a lot of my family members, who need to call back home to Portugal, and a lot of my friends and business associates have signed up with you guys as well. I’ve heard no complaints so far! I’m going to keep referring people to Public Mobile; my goal is to get one year of free service.
PM: Can you give us your secret? What’s your “pitch”? I’m sure our customers want to know!
Carlos: (Laughs). You know what? I don’t have one! I just tell it like it is. I shopped around before I chose you guys, and honestly, the value for my dollar was just the best at Public Mobile.
PM: Thanks Carlos!
Carlos: And…It might help that I make them a CD of their favourite music afterwards!
Our Friendship Pays Program is running until December 31st.
Tags: Carlos, Friendship Pays, public mobile | Posted in People and Places | 8 Comments »
By david | Posted November 26th, 2010
Here are the sites we’ve added in Mississauga and Montreal this past week to expand our coverage:
Mississauga
- Located near Britannia Rd. and Hurontario St., this site will provide coverage for the surrounding commercial areas as well as improved coverage along the 401 between Hwy 410 and McLaughlin Rd.
- Located near Derry Rd. and Goreway Drive, this site will provide coverage for the surrounding commercial and residential areas surrounding as well as improved coverage around Westwood Mall.
Montreal
- Located near Ave. Cartier and Lakeshore Rd, this site will improve coverage south of Highway 20 in the surrounding commercial and residential areas
Tags: Network Update, november 26, public mobile | Posted in Our coverage | 5 Comments »
By david | Posted November 19th, 2010
Construction is continuing in both Toronto and Montreal and the areas surrounding both these cities.
This past week in Toronto there was lots of construction of new sites which will become operational over the coming months.
In Montreal, we are happy to let you know that coverage in both Laval and Pointe Claire has expanded. We’ve posted a new map at http://www.publicmobile.ca/pmconsumer/coverage that shows the new areas. Montreal also had a number of sites become operational this past week;
- Located near the intersection of Rue Pullman and Blvd de Ste-Anne-de Bellevue this site expands coverage to Montreal West.
- Located near the intersection of Rue Hodge and Rue Petit this site expands coverage to Mont Royal
- Located near Blvd Le Carrefour and Blvd Daniel Johnson this site will strengthen coverage in the surrounding commercial (including Carrefour Laval) and residential areas.
- Located near the intersection of Rue Meloche and Ave du Chateau Pierrefonds this site improves coverage surrounding area.
Tags: montreal, Network Update, November 19, public mobile, toronto | Posted in Our coverage | 9 Comments »
By david | Posted November 9th, 2010
Public Mobile continues to expand the number of locations where customers can buy a phone and sign up for service. Five Ultramar corner stores in and around Montreal are now selling Public Mobile phones at the depanneurs. Ultramar’s Dépanneur du Coin locations are a quick and convenient way for people to pick up everyday items. We want to make owning a cell phone simple and easy as well.
The Ultramar Dépanneur du Coin stores offering Public Mobile products are:
- 5220 Boul. Notre Dame, Laval
- 1550 Papineau, Montreal
- 4971 Beaubien, Montreal
- 7888 Boul. Newman, Ville LaSalle
- 4090 Boul. Des Sources, Dollard Des Ormeaux
Public Mobile phones and service plans can be purchased at Public Mobile stores across Montreal and Toronto, as well as in these retail partners: “The Mobile Shop” found in Loblaws, Provigo, Fortinos, Maxi, Maxi & Cie, Real Canadian Superstores, Gateway Newstands, select Money Mart stores and now at the 5 Ultramar locations mentioned above .
Tags: Corner Store, depanneurs, Fortinos, Gateway Newstands, Loblaws, Maxi, Maxi & Cie, Money Mart, Provigo, public mobile, Real Canadian Superstores, The Mobile Shop, Ultramar | Posted in People and Places | 1 Comment »
By david | Posted August 5th, 2010
Public Mobile was all over Toronto in July. First, we were at the Salsa during the St.Clair Street Festival on July 17th and 18th. If you were there you saw everybody having fun, dancing in the street amongst great food, dance lessons and of course, amazing music. Maybe you even spotted some of our crew dancing (or trying to dance) and meeting as many of you as possible.
Then, we were at the New Bloor Festival on July 24th to celebrate our local business, community, arts and culture in the middle of the street. We absolutely loved the market-feel, events, activities, exhibitions and the chance to connect, share and learn from all the locals from all the different communities.
It was so great to meet and chat with so many of you at these two festivals. Thanks for showing up and learning a little bit more about Public Mobile.
Tags: festival, fun, New Bloor Festival, public mobile, Salsa, St.Clair Street Festival, toronto, unlimited | Posted in People and Places | Write a comment »
By david | Posted August 4th, 2010
As you may already know, we attended the Festival Nuits d’Afrique from July 13th to 25th. Our Public Mobile booth was in the village (Place Émilie Gamelin) where we had the chance to meet tons of great people.
The festival attracted thousands of people and the atmosphere was amazing. It gave people the opportunity to discover young artists like Mallu Magalhaes, Rommel Ribiero and Bambara Trans (the 2010 winners of the révélation Radio-Canada Musique prize). The Festival Nuits d’Afrique also had the honour of presenting great artists like Kassav’ on the big Metropolis stage for the closing night.
We hope to see you there next year !
Tags: festival, nuits d'Afrique 2010, public mobile, publicmobile, street | Posted in People and Places | Write a comment »
By david | Posted July 29th, 2010
Thanks for your suggestions of all the countries you’d like to see included in our overseas long distance feature. There were many, many different countries requested (with some of the more popular requests being Haiti and Pakistan). While we are always working to add new countries, we do look at what we are charged to connect these calls, and how we can offer unlimited service for our customers. In some cases it currently just isn’t possible.
We have been able to include 190 countries in our unlimited international text feature, which is included in our $40 talk and text plan.
We’ll continue to work on ways we can add these countries to our overseas calling feature, but in the near future we don’t see a large decline in the costs for calling these countries, so any changes won’t be immediate.
We hope you understand. Thanks again for all your comments and suggestions, we really appreciate them.
Tags: country suggestions, international feature, overseas long distance, public mobile | Posted in Our coverage | 22 Comments »
By david | Posted July 23rd, 2010
We’re proud to announce that we will be attending the 24th edition of Festival Nuits d’Afrique. The Festival is a leading event in Montreal and was the 2005 and 2007 winner of Montreal’s Excellence in Tourism Awards at the Gala des Grands Prix du Tourisme Quebecois.
Hosting some 80,000 visitors, the Village des Nuits d’Afrique at Place Émilie-Gamelin will have more than 400 artists play 53 concerts in 5 different concert halls. You’ll also be able to find our team there, and they’ll be able to answer any questions you have about Public Mobile. Here’s hoping you come see us at the Festival Nuits d’Afrique 2010!
The Festival will run from July 13-25. More details about the program and artists here at http://www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com/en.
Tags: concerts, events, montreal, nuit d'afrique, public mobile, publicmobile | Posted in People and Places | Write a comment »
By david | Posted July 22nd, 2010
Check out the latest Public Mobile TV ad that aired during the World Cup featuring Walter.
Tags: $24, ad, public mobile, publicity, publicmobile, unlimited, walter | Posted in In the news, People and Places | Write a comment »
By david | Posted July 15th, 2010
Beginning today, talking and texting to countries outside of North America just got easier.
For just $15 per month you can add the unlimited overseas long distance feature to your existing $40 plan allowing you to dial 45 countries and have unlimited talk with your family and friends.
We’ve seen the blog comments asking us to add countries such as Haiti, Jamaica, Lebanon, Pakistan, Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Guyana, Trinidad, Algeria St. Vincent, Iraq, Bahamas, Morocco and more. We are working hard and doing our best to add more countries; we most recently added Guadeloupe to the list, as well as adding mobile phones in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and Guam. As much as we’d always like to be adding countries to the overseas long distance plan, sometimes conditions beyond our control necessitate removing a country. We’re sorry to let you know this past week we had to remove Jordan from the plan due to a Jordanian government tax that was implemented that affected the connection charges. We will continue to update you as we add new countries.
In addition to launching overseas long distance, we’re also adding international text to the $40 plan tomorrow which will allow you to send texts to 190 countries around the world. For all those asking us to add additional countries to the overseas long distance feature, take a look at the list of countries we provide international texting to. Many of the countries you’ve asked for are now included, so you’ll be able to text friends and family around the world as part of our unlimited talk and text plan.
To view the complete list of available countries and check the availability of the number you want to call, click here
Tags: 45 countries, International Texting, public mobile, Unlimited overseas long distance | Posted in Plans and Features | 19 Comments »
By david | Posted July 5th, 2010
Thameen (left) and Alex (right) help introduce customers to unlimited cell phone service in Toronto
We stopped by the Wellesley Street store the other day and spent some time with two of the guys that work there – Alex and Thameen. They are excited to be working for Public Mobile and the opportunities it presents being a new company starting out. Both are currently students studying here in Toronto – Alex studying International Business, and Thameen studying Electrical Engineering.
Thanks for all your efforts guys.
Tags: Alex, public mobile, Store, Thameen, Wellesley East | Posted in People and Places | 9 Comments »
By david | Posted June 18th, 2010
Thanks again for all the blog comments about countries you would like to see included in our unlimited long distance calling feature. While we are working on adding more countries to our overseas long distance calling feature, we have some great news: we will soon be providing free unlimited international texting as part of our $40 unlimited talk and text plan. We’re delighted to be sharing it with all of you! With it, you’ll be able to send texts to 190 countries. The new feature will be effective as of July 15th. Are your fingers ready for more texting?
To see the complete list of countries, click here
Tags: 190 countries, 40$ plan, International Texting, More Countries, public mobile | Posted in Plans and Features | 50 Comments »
By david | Posted June 17th, 2010
Last weekend was a busy one in Montreal with many events such as the F1 Grand Prix, fireworks at La Ronde and a street sale on Mont-Royal. Were any of you taking part in the activities on the Plateau? If so, you may have seen our Public Mobile crew out and about having fun in the street, handing out oranges and orange juice. Our favourite color! For everyone who stopped by, we were happy to have met you.
Thanks to Steve, the owner of the 943 Mont-Royal East location who provided the pictures. To find the store and its business hours, use our Store Locator on the Public Mobile website.
Tags: Mont-Royal, Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir, Oranges, public mobile | Posted in People and Places | Write a comment »
By david | Posted June 8th, 2010
In March, we opened 25 Public Mobile stores, our goal was to double that number by mid May. We’re pleased to announce we’ve exceeded our goal and now have 60 store locations open – 22 in Montreal and 38 in Toronto. We’re not done yet though. We are planning many more store openings to make our service even more readily available to more people. To see which store is nearest to you, visit our store locator.
Tags: march, public mobile, stores, toronto | Posted in People and Places | 3 Comments »
By david | Posted June 4th, 2010
On May 25th, Public Mobile celebrated the network launch in Toronto with their dealers and employees. They enjoyed good food, entertainment and had a panel discussion with the executive team and Public Mobile’s handset vendors, Samsung, Kyocera and ZTE. We’re looking forward to a similar celebration at the end of June as we turn on the network in Montreal.
Tags: Dealers Rally, Kyocera, montreal, Panel Discussion, public mobile, Samsung, toronto, ZTE | Posted in People and Places | Write a comment »
By david | Posted June 2nd, 2010
Public Mobile now have updated plans, adding more value to the $40 unlimited talk and text plan, and adding an unlimited talk plan for only $24. Our updated $40 unlimited talk and text plan now includes voicemail and call display, plus, if you don’t feel you’ll use the text part of the plan, you can trade it for unlimited Canadian long distance. Our new $24 plan includes unlimited talk with call waiting, call forwarding and conference calling, great for those who just want to call and talk. And without credit checks, contracts or surprises.
Check out the new plans at http://publicmobile.ca/portal/consumer/plan/plan.xhtml.
Tags: $24, 40$, plans, public mobile, unlimited, unlimited talk | Posted in Plans and Features | 1 Comment »
By david | Posted May 26th, 2010
We’re happy to announce that our network is now on! At midnight May 25th we turned on the our network in Toronto, giving all our customers unlimited talk and text service. For those that took advantage of our pre-network launch offer, they’ll now be enjoying unlimited Canadian long distance for life as part of their $40/month unlimited talk and text service.
For Montreal, we’re continuing our pre-network launch offer – For a limited time, join us and take advantage of free unlimited Canadian long distance for life! All you have to do is purchase a phone and subscribe to our $40 monthly plan before the official Montreal network launch on June 25th and you are in!
You can check our network coverage areas at http://www.publicmobile.ca/portal/consumer/coverage/coverage.xhtml .
To find a store to purchase a phone, use our store locator http://www.publicmobile.ca/portal/consumer/coverage/storeLocator.xhtml
Everybody talk.
Tags: 40$, coverage, montreal, network, public mobile, talk, toronto, unlimited | Posted in Our coverage, Plans and Features, Promotions | 2 Comments »
By david | Posted April 30th, 2010
Have you seen our ads out on the street? If you have, you have been looking at the work of one of Canada’s most accomplished photographers, Peter Bregg. Peter has spent 40 years covering events around the world like the Vietnam War (1973), Iran hostage crisis (1979), Poland’s Solidarity movement (1981), and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. Peter also at various points worked as either a photographer or photo editor for the Associated Press, Canadian Press, Maclean’s magazine and HELLO! Magazine.
Besides being a great photographer, Peter has a big heart and has also donated his time to PhotoSensitive, a collective of photographers who use their talents towards social justice. Peter’s work within PhotoSensitive has taken him to locations such as Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia. Images from the PhotoSensitive and the causes they represent can be seen at www.photoSensitive.com.
Public Mobile feels really lucky that Peter came to shoot our photos – we think they look great.
To see more of Peter’s work, visit www.peterbregg.com.
Tags: ad, peter bregg, photography, public mobile | Posted in People and Places | 1 Comment »
By david | Posted April 14th, 2010
Everyone has a phone for a different reason- some for work, some for social, some for both- some receive more calls, some do the dialing, while others are busy texting. Whatever the reason, your needs aren’t necessarily matching what you’re paying for. We want to know what YOUR ideal plan is.
Tags: cell, orange line, public mobile, the perfect plan | Posted in People and Places, Plans and Features | 15 Comments »
By david | Posted March 30th, 2010
Being satisfied with your cell phone plan isn’t such a crazy notion is it? Then why is it that so many of us aren’t? Would you be surprised to learn that the majority of the people we talked to said they aren’t entirely happy with what they’re being offered- some are even anticipating the end of their contracts. We spoke to a few Montrealers to find out why they’re unhappy. The more we know, the better Public Mobile can be.
Tags: cell, orange line, public mobile, satisfaction, video | Posted in People and Places, Plans and Features | 3 Comments »
By david | Posted December 3rd, 2009
We’ve had some questions recently on where Public Mobile fits in the mobile phone marketplace, and where we see ourselves in the future. We are hard at work building a business for value-conscious customers who are not well served by the current incumbents. We want to build a company that customers, our employees and our investors can be very proud of.
We also asked the question to Alek, and here’s what he had to say on where he sees Public Mobile in 5 years.
Tags: 5 years from now, Alek, at work, cell phone, CEO, future, mobile, public mobile, team | Posted in People and Places | 21 Comments »
By david | Posted December 2nd, 2009
You first met Brian on our rooftop and now it’s time to visit his office.
Tags: at work, Brian, cell phones, history, mobile, public mobile, team | Posted in People and Places | 1 Comment »
