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Virgin Mobile Canada: Fifth Canadian outlet for iPhone

by Ken Ray Nov 20th 2009 at 10:30AM

The iPhone is getting yet another carrier in the great white north. Virgin Mobile Canada has announced that it'll start selling the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in the coming months.

When exactly? How much? Can I get a Richard Branson ringtone? Actually, I can make my own ringtones, but what about the rest of it? We'll have to wait to find out. All the company said in its incredibly short notice was that it'll sell the phones online and in its brick-and-mortar stores at some point. Well, that and that its gotten some love from J.D. Power and Associates for its prepaid and postpaid wireless services.

The phones are already on sale north of the border through Rogers Wireless, its subsidiary Fido, Bell Canada, and Telus. While a Canadian friend tells me Virgin Mobile Canada has a reputation for inexpensive phones with prepaid service, Canadian mobile news site MobileSyrup expects Virgin to charge roughly the same prices with the same three-year contracts as Canada's other iPhone carriers.

Thanks EZ Mac Mike for the tip!

[via iLounge, MobileSyrup]

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3n1gma

Hell yea. Virign Mobile is the best cell company in the US. I hope they get an iphone here too. I asked them and they said "That's the plan" and I told them they need to get some Android phones to and it's onnnnn.

November 23 2009 at 2:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
butt.eskayseo

Nokia phone not only offers a communication media intended for family, associates plus equals, but moreover a stand for information as well as amusement for the customer.
http://nokiaphones.ws/

November 21 2009 at 12:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
butt.eskayseo

Nokia phone not only offers a communication media intended for family, associates plus equals, but moreover a stand for information as well as amusement for the customer.

November 21 2009 at 12:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
thefreedomgundam

I used to use Virgin. Too bad their customer service is _horrid_. Now I'm on Fido and have had no problems thus far.

(Not that I have an iPhone. Sad face.)

November 21 2009 at 4:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave Doyle

@Feek

You'll need to check your facts again friend. Virgin was a co-venture with Bell and as of May of 2009 is 100% Bell owned with permission from Virgin to use their branding.

November 20 2009 at 2:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Moe

Is virgin mobile Canada CDMA?? Or GSM??

November 20 2009 at 2:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Pierce

It uses the new Bell/Telus HSDPA network.

November 20 2009 at 2:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
topypunk

WTF?!?!? APPLE get the US more options!!!!!

November 20 2009 at 12:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

Yea, there is NO real competition in Canada just "virtual" competition with subsidiaries of the main Canadian carriers (Bell and Rogers) also selling the iPhone. What a surprise...

November 20 2009 at 11:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tys

Virgin Mobile in Canada is Bell's version of Roger's subsidiary Fido. So in reality there are only 3 carriers offering the iPhone, two of which barely compete (Telus is mostly west, Bell is mostly east).

Expect a "sixth" carrier soon as well as Telus' subsidiary Kido to jump in the mix as well. But again, they're just Telus rebranded so it really isn't "extra" competition.

November 20 2009 at 10:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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