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Freedom Mobile

For the smartphone sold in the United States as the Freedom Phone, see Umidigi A9.

Freedom Mobile Inc.
FormerlyWind Mobile (2009–2016)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMobile network operator
FoundedDecember 16, 2009 (2009-12-16)
FounderAnthony Lacavera
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Paul McAleese (COO)[1]
ProductsFeature phones, mobile broadband modems, smartphones (Android, Apple iPhone,[2] BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone)
Services5G, LTE, VoLTE, HSPA (including HSPA+), IP relay, mobile broadband, SMS, TDD operator, telephony
Number of employees
1,250 (2016)
ParentShaw Communications (2016-2023)
Quebecor (2023–present)
Websitewww.freedommobile.ca

Freedom Mobile Inc. is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider owned by Quebecor. It has 6% market share of the Canadian wireless market, mostly in urban areas of Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. Freedom Mobile is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in Canada, with 2,290,497 subscribers as of November 30, 2022.[3]

Founded in 2008 as Wind Mobile by the telecommunications company Globalive, Freedom was one of several new mobile carriers launched in Canada in 2008 after a government initiative to encourage competition in the wireless sector alongside Mobilicity (later acquired by Rogers Communications) and Public Mobile (later acquired by Telus). It initially launched mobile data and voice services in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, on December 16, 2009, and two days later in Calgary, Alberta.[4] Since then, Southern Ontario has been the main target of network expansion: first with Ottawa in Q1 2011, and then with about half a dozen additional regions, the most recently being Cornwall, Cobourg, Belleville, Trenton, Brockville, and Pembroke on March 8, 2019.

In 2016, Wind Mobile was acquired by Shaw Communications and subsequently renamed Freedom Mobile. On June 17, 2022, Shaw Communications, Rogers Communications and Québecor jointly announced an agreement for the sale of Freedom Mobile to Québecor, parent of Vidéotron, pending approval of Competition Bureau and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. The sale of Freedom to Québecor was approved on March 31, 2023, and closed on April 3, 2023.

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  2. ^ Behar, Rose (December 7, 2017). "Freedom Mobile to launch iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X on December 8, pre-orders start November 24". MobileSyrup. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Hardy, Ian (October 26, 2017). "Freedom Mobile now has 1,147,173 subscribers, ARPU increases to $37.66". MobileSyrup. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  4. ^ Marlow, Ian (December 16, 2009). "Wind launches with cheaper phone rates". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 4, 2014.