Petro-Canada Mobility
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Petro-Canada Mobility is a Canadian Mobile Virtual Network Operator
created in late 2006 by gasoline firm Petro-Canada
as a competitor to other store based MVNOs like PC Mobile. Petro-Canada Mobility operates on the GSM network of Rogers Wireless
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Pre-paid plans are offered, with calls in the coverage area at a rate of 25c/minute. Customers are charged for outgoing text messages and receive free incoming text messages. Incoming text messages are free and outgoing starting from 10c/msg up to 35c/msg. Online refill is available starting March 03 2009. On-Device mobile browsing is also available at $10/month
Starting June 2010, Petro-Canada Mobility started offering monthly service plans targeted to teenagers and young adults.
Mobile virtual network operator
A mobile virtual network operator is a company that provides mobile phone services but does not have its own licensed frequency allocation of radio spectrum, nor does it necessarily have all of the infrastructure required to provide mobile telephone service...
created in late 2006 by gasoline firm Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada was a crown corporation of Canada in the field of oil and natural gas. It was headquartered in the Petro-Canada Centre in Calgary, Alberta. In August, 2009, Petro-Canada merged with Suncor Energy, a deal in which Suncor investors received approximately 60 per cent ownership of the...
as a competitor to other store based MVNOs like PC Mobile. Petro-Canada Mobility operates on the GSM network of Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless is a wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services throughout Canada using Global System for Mobile Communications and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications...
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Pre-paid plans are offered, with calls in the coverage area at a rate of 25c/minute. Customers are charged for outgoing text messages and receive free incoming text messages. Incoming text messages are free and outgoing starting from 10c/msg up to 35c/msg. Online refill is available starting March 03 2009. On-Device mobile browsing is also available at $10/month
Starting June 2010, Petro-Canada Mobility started offering monthly service plans targeted to teenagers and young adults.
Controversies
- If the device is not used for longer than a year, its SIM card is deactivated and corresponding phone number is recycled. After that existing device cannot be used without a new SIM card that must be ordered from Petro-Canada Mobility for 15$.
- The company sells low-end Nokia unlocked GSM devices.
- Petro Mobility is not a member of the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications ServicesCommissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications ServicesThe Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services, is a Canadian agency that addresses telecommunication services complaints. The CCTS is a non profit corporation incorporated under Canadian federal legislation...
(CCTS) so complaints are not as easily resolved as with some other providers.