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Amp’d Mobile coming to Canada via Telus; content available to Telus TV


VANCOUVER - Canadians will have another wireless choice next year. Telus will offer Amp'd Mobile - which bills itself as an interactive and customizable information and entertainment wireless company - next year, the two companies announced today. Amp'd also offers plain ol' voice, and other traditional wireless applications, too. The exclusive Amp'd Mobile Canadian partnership "breaks new technological ground, making it possible for Canadian subscribers to easily access personalized wireless content on their mobile handsets," says the Telus press release. It's more than an MVNO, which is what Virgin Mobile has going on the Bell Mobility network, for example. "It's...