16 Facts About Bell Mobility

1.

Bell Mobility Inc is a Canadian wireless network operator and the division of Bell Canada which offers wireless services across Canada.

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2.

Bell Mobility is the third-largest wireless carrier in Canada, with 10.

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3.

In July 2006, Bell Mobility assumed responsibility for the former Aliant wireless operations in Atlantic Canada as part of a larger restructuring of both Bell and Aliant, and continued to do business there as Aliant Mobility until re-branding as Bell in April 2008.

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4.

In October 2009, Telus Mobility and Bell announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to eventually upgrade to LTE technology.

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5.

Bell Mobility discontinued its Advanced Mobile Phone System analog mobile network in February 2008.

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6.

Bell Mobility offers a service to check account balances, minutes and megabytes of mobile data used, add features and answers to frequently asked questions.

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7.

Bell Mobility offers four Internet-only plans and several smartphone plans and add-ons for customers wishing to access mobile broadband.

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8.

Bell Mobility's policy is to only allow the sale of Turbo Hub service with its own Turbo Hub devices.

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9.

Consequently, Bell Mobility offers approximately 100 to 400 PTT roaming minutes for traveling in the USA.

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10.

In conjunction with the 2006 Olympics, Bell Mobility introduced a pair of anthropomorphic CGI beavers named Frank and Gordon, who constantly got into misadventures which led to Frank getting flustered with the antics of the dimwitted Gordon.

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11.

Some clients of Bell Mobility have claimed that their phones' features have been restricted.

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12.

Some clients claim that Bell Mobility purposely restricts these features in order to force them to use the data services and as a result pay more usage charges.

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13.

Some clients claim that Bell Mobility withholds firmware upgrades, especially for devices that are not meeting sales expectations.

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14.

In July 2008, along with Telus Mobility Bell introduced charges of 15¢ for incoming SMS messages.

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15.

Bell Mobility are now being sued by frustrated consumers and subscribers, as they demand change in text charges.

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16.

Bell Mobility purchased ownership in The Source to increase its retail presence.

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