TORONTO – With summer now in full gear Canada’s wireless providers are locked in a PR war to convince consumers they have the best data roaming plan.
The latest to enter the fray is Mobilicity which has released findings it claims proves its North American roaming rates costs a fraction of what most Canadians “typically spend on mobile phone calls when they travel.”
The findings from its cross-Canada tour show Mobilicity’s roaming charges as “being over 70 percent lower than those charged under a similar plan offered by a Big 3 carrier.” Over the two-week road trip, the carrier calculated it spent “$130 for 728 minutes of Mobilicity service versus $436 for 646 minutes of roaming service on the incumbent’s plan.” Mobilicity based its findings from more than 1,300 minutes in 13 days across 5,500 kilometers in five Canadian provinces and three U.S. states.
"We used 82 more minutes on the Mobilicity BlackBerry smartphone than on the Big 3 BlackBerry and we still saved $306," said Mobilicity CEO Dave Dobbin (pictured below in Munising, Mich). He led the road trip on a motorcycle to prove how Mobilicity’s flat 20-cent-a-minute North American roaming rate compares to incumbent carrier roaming rates.
"The savings could have funded the entire $305 it took to fuel my ride across the country and I’m sure Canadians could also find better ways to spend their money than overpaying for roaming."
