Motorola's MOTOBLUR debuts in Canada

Motorola Canada  announced that MOTOBLUR, its revolutionary social service for Android-powered devices, is coming to Canada with all three national wireless carriers starting with Telus in the first half of 2010. Read on for details and video.

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Mobilicity set to launch in Spring as Canada's 7Th wireless carrier

It is about to get a bit more crowded in Canada's wireless provider landscape. There's a new player in town called Mobilicity (formerly Dave Wireless) is set to launch its 3G service in Spring. A combination of "mobility" and "simplicity," Mobilicity is aiming to offer unlimited data plans and contract-free signups. Moblicity's network will be AWS (advance Wireless Service) 3G which is similar to Wind Mobile and which, incidentally, is compatible with the Google Nexus One smartphone.

In addition to offering simple, value-packed unlimited plans, Mobilicity will feature an outstanding lineup of reliable, name-brand handsets from leading manufacturers, like Research In Motion (BlackBerry) and Nokia – without any contracts that lock customers into service plans.

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Virgin Mobile Canada hooks up to new HSPA+ network

With the help of the world's hottest lingerie models, Virgin Mobile recently launched a series of phones on an enhanced HSPA+ data network. This moves them beyond their roots as a prepaid provider and makes them a viable competitor in Canada's expanding mobile network landscape.

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Wind Mobile is Canada's newest wireless carrier

By Gadjo C. Sevilla

The Government of Canada has varied a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision regarding Globalive Wireless Management Corp., a Canadian-owned and controlled company. Globalive's Wind Mobile is poised to challenge Canada's wireless provider Rogers, Telus and Bell.

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