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Wind calls out Rogers for “misleading” Chatr ads

TORONTO – Add Wind Mobile to the list of new wireless providers rankled by Rogers’ new low cost-brand Chatr.After Mobilicty filed a lawsuit against Rogers over Chatr earlier this month,  Wind chairman Anthony Lacavera said Thursday that his company has also filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau.  Wind's grievance is about Rogers’ advertising campaign for its Chatr’s network which it claims is "more reliable” and has “fewer dropped calls than all the new entrants”.“There is absolutely no solid or objective technical basis for Chatr's claim to have more network reliability and fewer dropped calls than Wind”, Lacavera said in a statement. “The...