Clearnet is a division of Telus Mobility

Telus Mobility

Telus Mobility is a division of Telus Communications which sells wireless services in Canada on its numerous networks. They currently have three different networks based on three different technologies: CDMA and HSPA+ on its mainstream networks, plus iDEN via its Mike division...

 launched in April 2011 which sells landline

Landline

A landline was originally an overland telegraph wire, as opposed to an undersea cable. Currently, landline refers to a telephone line which travels through a solid medium, either metal wire or optical fibre, as distinguished from a mobile cellular line, where transmission is via radio waves...

 and mobile

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

 phone

Telephone

The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 bundles in Western Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is a revival of the Clearnet Communications

Clearnet Communications

Clearnet Communications was a Canadian cellular telephone service provider from 1984 to 2000, when it was acquired by Telus Mobility. Clearnet operated a CDMA-based PCS network and an iDEN-based cellular network called Mike...

 brand name, an independent cellular provider that was merged into Telus Mobility in 2000. Telus has relaunched Clearnet as a discount provider with a "limited market trial" in Kelowna

Kelowna

Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 and Red Deer

Red Deer, Alberta

Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

.

Networks

Mobile services provided by Clearnet use Telus Mobilty's HSPA+ network. The maximum theoretical download speed is of 21 Mbps. The landline service is also provided by Telus, but retains the Clearnet branding.

Products

Clearnet has a very narrow and concise selection of mobile phones. It currently includes two feature phone

Feature phone

A feature phone is a mobile phone that, like smartphones, combines the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone.Today's models typically also serve as portable media players and camera phones with touchscreen, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and mobile broadband access.Feature phones is...

s and one smartphone

Smartphone

A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...

, all which are also available on Telus Mobility. Clearnet does not sell any phones compatible with its landline service.

Feature phones

The Clearnet lineup of feature phones currently includes one from LG

LG Telecom

LG U+ is a South Korean telecommunications and Mobile phone operator controlled by the LG Group, one of the country's largest chaebol. It was formerly known as LG Telecom....

 and another from Samsung

Samsung Telecommunications

Samsung Telecommunications is one of five business units within Samsung Electronics, belonging to the Samsung Group, and consists of the Mobile Communications Division, Telecommunication Systems Division, Computer Division, MP3 Business Team, Mobile Solution Centre and Telecommunication R&D Centre...

:

• LG GB-255G
• Samsung Evergreen

Smartphone

Currently, the Samsung Galaxy Apollo

Samsung i5800

The Samsung Galaxy 3, also known as the Samsung Galaxy Apollo, is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system...

is the only smartphone available from Clearnet. Additionally, only Wi-Fi Internet access is possible at this time, because Clearnet does not offer any mobile Internet plans.

Service

Clearnet operates as a business name used by Telus Mobility. The company currently offers two plans, one with unlimited mobile calling within the user's province and one with unlimited mobile talk and text nation-wide. Both plans include a basic landline home phone. While the service is currently only offered to customers in Kelowna and Red Deer, coverage is available across Canada on the Telus network. The Clearnet website states that data options will be available in the future.

External links

• Clearnet web site