Public Mobile, the Glossary
Public Mobile Inc. is a Canadian self-serve mobile brand which is owned by Telus.[1]
Table of Contents
48 relations: Advanced Wireless Services, Barrie, BlackBerry Q5, Boxing Day, Bring your own device, Calendar year, CDMA2000, CNW Group, Code-division multiple access, Effective competition, Evolution-Data Optimized, Freedom Mobile, High Speed Packet Access, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Koodo Mobile, List of Huawei phones, List of mobile network operators in Canada, LTE (telecommunication), Mobile broadband, Mobile telephony, Mobile virtual network operator, Mobilicity, Motorola Moto, Ontario, Orchard (company), Personal Communications Service, Quebec, RedFlagDeals.com, Referral marketing, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Reuters, SIM card, SMS, Sprint Corporation, Subsidiary, Super Bowl, Super Bowl commercials, Telephony, Telus, Telus Mobility, Toronto, United States, Vidéotron, Walmart Canada, Zellers, ZTE, 4G, 5G.
- Mobile phone companies of Canada
- Telecommunications companies established in 2010
- Telus
Advanced Wireless Services
Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) is a wireless telecommunications spectrum band used for mobile voice and data services, video, and messaging.
See Public Mobile and Advanced Wireless Services
Barrie
Barrie is a city in Central Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto.
BlackBerry Q5
The BlackBerry Q5 is the third BlackBerry 10 smartphone, unveiled at the BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote on May 14, 2013.
See Public Mobile and BlackBerry Q5
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December).
See Public Mobile and Boxing Day
Bring your own device
Bring your own device (BYOD)—also called bring your own technology (BYOT), bring your own phone (BYOP), and bring your own personal computer (BYOPC)—refers to being allowed to use one's personally owned device, rather than being required to use an officially provided device.
See Public Mobile and Bring your own device
Calendar year
Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day, and thus consists of a whole number of days.
See Public Mobile and Calendar year
CDMA2000
CDMA2000 (also known as C2K or IMT Multi‑Carrier (IMT‑MC)) is a family of 3G mobile technology standards for sending voice, data, and signaling data between mobile phones and cell sites.
See Public Mobile and CDMA2000
CNW Group
CNW Group Ltd., also called Canada Newswire and CNW, is a commercial press release service owned by Cision.
See Public Mobile and CNW Group
Code-division multiple access
Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies.
See Public Mobile and Code-division multiple access
Effective competition
Effective competition is a concept first proposed by John Maurice Clark, then under the name of "workable competition," as a "workable" alternative to the economic theory of perfect competition, as perfect competition is seldom observed in the real world.
See Public Mobile and Effective competition
Evolution-Data Optimized
Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO, EVDO, etc.) is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access.
See Public Mobile and Evolution-Data Optimized
Freedom Mobile
Freedom Mobile, a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider owned by Québecor, holds a 6% market share of the Canadian wireless market, primarily concentrated in urban areas of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba. Public Mobile and Freedom Mobile are Canadian brands and mobile phone companies of Canada.
See Public Mobile and Freedom Mobile
High Speed Packet Access
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols.
See Public Mobile and High Speed Packet Access
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED; Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada; label)Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Industry.
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Koodo Mobile
Koodo Mobile is a Canadian mobile flanker brand started by Telus in 2008 and mostly oriented toward younger customers. Public Mobile and Koodo Mobile are Canadian brands, mobile phone companies of Canada, telecommunications companies of Canada and Telus.
See Public Mobile and Koodo Mobile
List of Huawei phones
The following is a list of Huawei phones.
See Public Mobile and List of Huawei phones
List of mobile network operators in Canada
As of March 2021, there are over 33 million wireless subscriptions in Canada. Public Mobile and List of mobile network operators in Canada are mobile phone companies of Canada.
See Public Mobile and List of mobile network operators in Canada
LTE (telecommunication)
In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA standards.
See Public Mobile and LTE (telecommunication)
Mobile broadband
Mobile broadband is the marketing term for wireless Internet access via mobile (cell) networks.
See Public Mobile and Mobile broadband
Mobile telephony
Mobile telephony is the provision of telephone services to mobile phones rather than fixed-location phones (landline phones).
See Public Mobile and Mobile telephony
Mobile virtual network operator
A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers.
See Public Mobile and Mobile virtual network operator
Mobilicity
Data and Audio-Visual Enterprises Wireless, d/b/a Mobilicity, was a Canadian mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned by Rogers Communications. Public Mobile and Mobilicity are mobile phone companies of Canada.
See Public Mobile and Mobilicity
Motorola Moto
Motorola Moto is a range of Android mobile devices manufactured by Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Lenovo.
See Public Mobile and Motorola Moto
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.
Orchard (company)
Orchard Labs Inc. is a Canadian e-commerce company that buys and sells used smartphones across North America.
See Public Mobile and Orchard (company)
Personal Communications Service
A personal communications service (PCS) is set of communications capabilities that provide a combination of terminal mobility, personal mobility, and service profile management.
See Public Mobile and Personal Communications Service
Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
RedFlagDeals.com
RedFlagDeals.com is a Canadian coupon website owned by VerticalScope (majority owned by Torstar).
See Public Mobile and RedFlagDeals.com
Referral marketing
Referral marketing is a word-of-mouth initiative designed by a company to incentivize existing customers to introduce their family, friends, and contacts to become new customers.
See Public Mobile and Referral marketing
Regional Municipality of Niagara
The Regional Municipality of Niagara, also colloquially known as the Niagara Region or Region of Niagara, is a regional municipality comprising twelve municipalities of Southern Ontario, Canada.
See Public Mobile and Regional Municipality of Niagara
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
SIM card
A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) T-Mobile nano-SIM card with NFC capabilities in the SIM tray of an iPhone 6s cell phone A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is an integrated circuit (IC) intended to securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephone devices (such as mobile phones and laptops).
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SMS
Short Message Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company. Public Mobile and Sprint Corporation are 2013 mergers and acquisitions.
See Public Mobile and Sprint Corporation
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.
See Public Mobile and Subsidiary
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States.
See Public Mobile and Super Bowl
Super Bowl commercials
Super Bowl commercials, colloquially known as Super Bowl ads, are high-profile television commercials featured in the U.S. television broadcast of the Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League (NFL).
See Public Mobile and Super Bowl commercials
Telephony
Telephony is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunication services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties.
See Public Mobile and Telephony
Telus
Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, healthcare, video, smart home automation and IPTV television. Public Mobile and Telus are Canadian brands and telecommunications companies of Canada.
Telus Mobility
Telus Mobility (normally typeset as TELUS Mobility) is a Canadian wireless network operator and a division of Telus Communications which sells wireless services in Canada on its numerous networks. Public Mobile and Telus Mobility are mobile phone companies of Canada and Telus.
See Public Mobile and Telus Mobility
Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Vidéotron
Vidéotron is a Canadian integrated telecommunications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, cable telephony, wireless communication and Internet access services. Public Mobile and Vidéotron are mobile phone companies of Canada.
See Public Mobile and Vidéotron
Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada is a Canadian retail corporation and the Canadian branch of the U.S.-based multinational retail conglomerate Walmart. Public Mobile and Walmart Canada are Canadian brands.
See Public Mobile and Walmart Canada
Zellers
Zellers was a Canadian discount store chain founded by Walter P. Zeller in 1931. Public Mobile and Zellers are Canadian brands.
ZTE
ZTE Corporation is a Chinese partially state-owned technology company that specializes in telecommunication.
4G
4G is the fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding 3G and preceding 5G.
5G
In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, and is the successor to 4G technology that provides connectivity to most current mobile phones.
See also
Mobile phone companies of Canada
- 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless
- Bell Mobility
- Chatr
- Cityfone
- Clearnet (Telus Mobility)
- Eastlink Wireless
- Fido (wireless carrier)
- Freedom Mobile
- Ice Wireless
- Koodo Mobile
- List of mobile network operators in Canada
- Lucky Mobile
- Mobilicity
- PC Mobile
- PlanHub
- President's Choice
- Public Mobile
- Rogers Wireless
- Shaw Mobile
- Solo Mobile
- Tbaytel
- Telus Mobility
- Vidéotron
- Virgin Plus
- Xplore Inc.
Telecommunications companies established in 2010
- *astTECS
- Airtel Africa
- Azercosmos
- Bonbon (mobile phone operator)
- Cable & Wireless Communications
- Cable & Wireless Worldwide
- Cable Consortium of Liberia
- Chatr
- EE (telecommunications)
- Plus Communication
- Public Mobile
- Silknet
- Sky Net
- Telkom Mobile
- Verizon North
- XCom Global
- ZAP (satellite television)
Telus
- ATB Place
- Alberta Government Telephones
- BC Tel
- Blacks Photo Corporation
- Calgary Telus Convention Centre
- History of Telus
- Koodo Mobile
- Public Mobile
- TAT-14
- Telus
- Telus Corporation
- Telus Cup
- Telus Garden
- Telus Harbour
- Telus Health
- Telus International
- Telus Mobility
- Telus Optik TV
- Telus Sky
- Telus Tower (Montreal)