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Canada: Virgin Mobile unveils Awesome 40 plan; Fido to announce new “Smart” and “Max” plans on August 8th

Categories: Fido, Virgin Mobile
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, August 6th, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Virgin Mobile Canada unveiled a new plan called “Awesome 40,” offering 150 Canada-wide minutes, 5 Canada-wide buddies, unlimited incoming calls, unlimited international text and picture messaging OR Voicemail + Call Display, and 100 MB of data OR Blackberry Unlimited Social for $40 per month. This is a limited time offer only available to postpaid customers.

Fido on its end plans to announce new “Smart” and “Max” plans on August 8th, which will cost from $40 to $80 per month. Here’s what to expect:

  • Smart $40/month: 200 anytime minutes, 100MB data, Unlimited Evenings and Weekends starting at 5PM, Unlimited “Circle Calling” – local calls between subscribers on the same account, Unlimited Incoming texts, Unlimited outgoing texts.
  • Smart $45/month: 250 anytime minutes, 200MB data, Unlimited Evenings and Weekends starting at 5PM, Unlimited Incoming calls, Unlimited “Circle Calling” – local calls between subscribers on the same account, Unlimited Incoming texts, Unlimited outgoing texts.
  • Smart $50/month: Unlimited anytime minutes within City Fido Zones, 500MB data, Unlimited Evenings and Weekends starting at 5PM within City Fido Zones, Unlimited Incoming calls within City Fido Zones, Unlimited “Circle Calling” – local calls between subscribers on the same account, Unlimited Incoming texts, Unlimited outgoing texts.
  • Max $60/month: 300 anytime minutes, 1GB data, Unlimited Evenings and Weekends starting at 5PM, Unlimited Incoming calls, Unlimited “Circle Calling” – local calls between subscribers on the same account, Unlimited Incoming texts, Unlimited outgoing texts.
  • Max $80/month: Unlimited anytime minutes, 1GB data, Unlimited Evenings and Weekends starting at 5PM, Unlimited Incoming calls, Unlimited Canada-wide long distance, Unlimited “Circle Calling” – local calls between subscribers on the same account, Unlimited Incoming texts, Unlimited outgoing texts.

And I guess we’ll get all the details on Wednesday…

[Via: MobileSyrup]

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