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Mobilicity adds Vancouver, Ottawa

VANCOUVER and OTTAWA – Mobilicity continued the roll out of its new wireless service, adding Vancouver and Ottawa to its service area.Dressed in magenta-hued fatigues (Mobilicity’s signature colour) and singing the praises of contract-free unlimited wireless, the ‘Magenta Militia’ paraded through Vancouver while Mobilicity executives held a press conference nearby at the carrier’s corporate store in Richmond.The company's 3.5G network launched on Thursday with over 100 points of distribution in the Greater Vancouver Area.Then it was on to the nation’s capital to mark the network’s arrival in Ottawa-Gatineau on Friday.“If you like contracts, go to law school,” chairman John Bitove said in reference...