Ex-Globalive employee gets revenge by leaking the crap out of the upcoming carrier’s plans
Okay, so get a load of this. Apparently (please note the emphasis) a former employee of Globalive aka Global Wireless, the next big Canadian wireless provider that is building a UMTS / HSPA network with service planned for all provinces and territories excluding Québec, recently got canned for “poor performance in marketing”. This of course led to him logging on to HoFo and leaking everything about the carrier’s plans except what the CEO ate for breakfast. There is tons of stuff to cover and the slides are pretty grainy at best, so we’ve taken the time to write it all out for our Canadian friends. Now hit the jump and prepare to mess yourself because if even half of this stuff is true, the Canadian wireless landscape is about to make a serious shift for the better starting in Q4. Just one question — why no BlackBerry love?
Thanks, “Ex-Global Wireless Employee”!
14 Handsets
- Sony Ericsson TM506
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA clamshell. $29.99 on 24-month, $99.99 on 12-month and $199.99 monthly / pre-paid. Available in green, silver and red.
- Nokia 5330 XpressMusic
- 384Kbps UMTS candybar. $59.99 on 24-month, $109.99 on 12-month and $207.79 monthly / pre-paid. Available in black and red.
- Nokia 5730 XpressMusic.
- 3.6Mbps HSDPA candybar. $49.99 on 24-month, $99.99 on 12-month and $179.99 monthly / pre-paid. Available in black, pink, blue and red.
- Nokia 6070 Classic
- 10Mbps HSDPA candybar with 5 megapixel camera. Pricing is unknown. Available in silver and black.
- Sidekick LX 2009
- Radio information is unknown, though we’d wager 3.6Mbps HSDPA. Pricing is unknown and you can have it in any color you like so long as it’s black.
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA Window Mobile 6.1-powered slider to be billed as the flagship device of globalWireless. $149.99 on 24-month, $249.99 on 12-month and $449.99 monthly / pre-paid. Look for it in black.
- Global (HTC) G1
- Same thing as the HTC Dream and the T-Mobile G1 including the 7.2Mbps HSDPA radio. $129.9 on 24-month, $229.99 on 12-month and $429.99 monthly / pre-paid. Black only.
- Global (HTC) M1
- Same thing as the HTC Magic aka T-Mobile G2. Pricing is unknown, though we do know it feature 7.2Mbps HSDPA and will be offered in white only.
Airtime Rates
- $29.99 – 350 minutes, unlimited e/w, unlimited incoming
- $39.99 – 650 minutes, unlimited e/w, unlimited incoming
- $59.99 – Unlimited minutes and incoming.
Voice Add-Ons
- $5 – Unlimited nights at 5PM
- $8 – Unlimited mornings until 9am
- $15 – Unlimited calls to the US
Included Services for Monthly Plans
- Unlimited SMS (Canada and USA), Voice Mail, Caller ID, Name Display, MissedCall, Call Waiting, Call Conferencing and Call Forwarding
Optional Services
- $4 – 500 international SMS
- $7 – Unlimited international SMS
- $5 – Video Mail
International Calling
- $5 – 100 minutes to Asia
- $10 – 250 minutes to Asia
- $5 – 100 minutes to Philippines
- $10 – 300 minutes to Philippines
- $5 – 200 minutes to Eastern Europe
- $10 – 350 minutes to Eastern Europe
US Roaming (T-Mobile)
- $0.19 per minute without plan
- $0.05 per SMS without plan
- $0.40 per MB of data without plan
US Roaming Plans (T-Mobile)
- $15 – 75 minutes
- $25 – 200 minutes
- $40 – 650 minutes
- $10 – 250 SMS
- $19.99 – 50MB of data
- $29.99 – 250MB of data
- $59.99 – 1.5GB of data
Data Access Rates
- $10 – Unlimited email (20MB in reality), IM and “communities” (social media sites?)
- $23 – 2.5GB data and unlimited email
- $40 – Unlimited, plain and simple
Data Add-Ons
- $8 – Unlimited browsing
- $5 – Enables tethering
- $10 – “100MB of global remote mobile storage”
SIM Cards
- $0 on 12 and 24-month plan
- $19.99 on 1-month contract
- $29.99 outright
- Will only work on a globalWireless handset
Great plans, however they are fake. See the post by the CEO of globallive on Wireless Soapbox http://wirelesssoapbox.com/ideas/14254.
(via HoFo http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=12588956&postcount=95)
Lol I love how Tony linked Hofo and asked for input. That man is a genius lol.
The our harware only requirement probably has to do with their bands, I didn’t see an edge network so only their devices and tmob usa 3g phones will work from what I can see. Which also explains the lack of a bb. Only 3g gsm bb is the bold which runs different bands.
Must be a fake. Pictures are on different angles and the company name shows as globalwireless instead of globalivewireless.
The best news is for roamers, whether you go with Globalive or not… they are charging 40 cents / MB in the US, which is less than half what Fido is charging … should see some movement there. Now, if we could only see international roaming, particularly EU roaming, along these lines as well. Screw Rogers at $30/MB when the wholesale rate in teh US is moving to 50 cents/MB…
It says Globalive at the bottom of each picture.
doesn’t seem as though they will have coverage in Quebec.
Was this guy running out the building when he took those pictures? I’d like to avoid his camera phone.
Good luck roaming outside Toronto with this carrier… coverage will suck!
holy bajesus. Not bad at all. But yea, and to everybody talkin about the ‘kick, yea its a t-mobile usa trademarked name, it’ll be the hiptop (lx 09?)
Coverage outside Toronto will suck? Are you kidding?
From the looks of it, the coverage will be pretty solid, other than giant dead zone of Quebec. Outside of Quebec, it’s certainly better than Rogers, and better than Bell or Telus (other than in Alberta). Assuming the coverage map in the slides is accurate.
This is brilliant marketing for globalive. Here’s hoping that they meet expectations.
I’m happy to have any GSM option other than Rogers. If this doesn’t pan out I’m going with 7-11’s SpeakOut plan: http://www.speakoutwireless.ca
Gee, what would you expect a CEO to say to something like this??
This quotes are from GlobalWireless7 from Hofo and have not been modified at all, the person who leaked all this information.
Here are some main points they will use to hurt the big 3.
1.) Unlimited Nationwide Calling
2.) No extra fees at all
3.) Good international calling rates
4.) 75% Handset Exclusives
5.) No 36month Contracts
6.) No CDMA
7.) Walkie Talkie on All Phones across the Entire Network
8.) Fastest in Canada
9.) 30GB is our Unlimited, not 5GB or rogers “$30 for 6GB”
They will have their slogan as something very catchy, this is what I thought of and was being considered about a month ago
“The network follows you”
There is a HSPA modem that will be available on launch date. Motorola Manufactures it and it will be ready for the 12Mbps and 14.4Mbps network upgrades in the future.
Also, there will be a “WI-FI where you go” modem as well. Kind of like what Verizon and Sprint will offer in the US, it creates a hotspot from the 3G where multiple users can connect.
Also, this will come about 6 – 8 months after launch, its not decided upon, but a home HSPA modem to connect to your home router / computer for direct competition with TELUS ADSL and Shaw Cable internet.
Globalive plans to compete in more than the wireless industry.
Another note, UMA was looked into, but there isnt any 3G + Wi-Fi UMA devices avialable for uuse with UMTS 1700, plus why have UMA when you can get unlimited minutes?
That reminds me of one of our advertisments.
“Who needs rollover minutes when you have Unlimited Airtime” (Bell Targeted)
There is one for My5 as well.
There have already been 5 Devices that were cut from our lineup very early in the companies choices for hardware. For both marketing reasons and poor sales with US providers and support from the Manufacturer.
MOTO Z10
- T-Mobile was also interested in carrying it but the sales and quality of it were not that great in Europe.
Nokia 6263
- Very low end phone which is what GlobalWireless wants to stay away from, is low end handsets like the competitors offer.
MOTO RAZR² V9t
- No support from Motorola, was requested by T-Mobile and GlobalWireless, but the cost was very high for the phone.
Sony Ericsson G703
- Axed by Sony
Sony Ericsson G903
- Axed by Sony
I just noticed that XPERIA was spelled XPERA in the slide, that shows how rushed we were present it.
Some other info that was “incorrect” was that all the devices were offered at a pre-paid price. It should have been No Contract. There will be no Pre-Paid with Global Wireless, thats where YAK comes in.
Another note, the Nokia 6700 Classic is a 10.2Mbps HSPA Device with this pricing
$89.99 – 24 Month Agreement
$189.99 – 12 Month Agreement
$324.00 – No contract
Hiptop didn’t post pricing
$49.99 – 24 Month Agreement
$149.99 – 12 Month Agreement
$224.99 – No Contract
There will be ONE blackberry being released, although due to RIM, I cannot say which model, except for these specs I will give you
HSDPA 1700
3.2MP Camera with Flash
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
They will be the Solo Mobile kind of carrier on the CDMA 1700MHz network, with a lot less devices. GlobalWireless will be like the Rogers of today.
Very interesting!! I look at these handsets and am not impressed.
The service costs are not really any cheaper then what I have with Bell right now. It’s $40 data…I pay $30. And their ‘unlmited’ has restrictions….nothing new here but another company trying to get a piece of the pie.
The roaming is cheaper, but T-Mobile network has lousy coverage and performance. And I don’t think it will work on AT&T
So basically in many areas your unlimited this and cheaper that means you’re holding onto a paperweight.
I’ll stick with a phone service that is tested and true…and bottom line, will work when are where I need it to.
HTC Dream/Magic.. how can they launch those if Rogers will start selling them June 2, 2009 and they have an exclusive agreement with HTC. No BB and no USB data sticks.. not very impressive so far.. only good pricing and it is not good enough imho to win clients over.
Will they buy out Rogers contracts? If so i will switch over LOL
As an employee of TELUS, I have a hard time believing this. They say it will beat out TELUS’ “dying CDMA” network.
That’s great, however you would think the competition would know TELUS is launching a HSPA network “Q1 2010″. **Google for press release**
Not only that. When we launch we are launching with 96% of the populated area in Canada. Including full Quebec coverage. We are also using HSPA v.7 protocols. They seem to be launching with HSPA v.5.
The telecommunication world is in for a very interesting ride for the next couple years. Buckle up!
The only reason i use unlocked handsets is to purchase local sim cards abroad and pay local rates, Locking down sim cards to their devices is douchebag idea. Why are they even selling sim cards seperate of the phone
anything released could be intentional or “accidental” for marketing purposes. realize that whatever a new company puts out other companies will respond to it.
Any possibility that globalive is simply t-mobile? (as per 2008 rumour about T-mobile launch in Canada). They are offering the SideKick, they just announced that they will be rolling out Nokia Siemens underlying network – T-Mobile uses Nokia Siemens network, and Bell-Telus has them at the CRTC to disclose foreign ownership… perhaps concern that they are t-mobile? Since CRTC rules don’t allow foreign ownership, this could be T-Mobile’s way of starting up in Canada, only to rename themselves later? I just see a lot of connections… but I haven’t done a lot of research, so I could be way off.
Regardless, I am excited that there may finally be changes to our frustrating mobile arena in Canada.
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