Freedom Mobile

WIND Mobile is a Canadian UMTS provider on the AWS Band. Their network code is 490.

Network

2009 - 2015

In Western Canada, primary equipment was Alcatel-Lucent 9341 RRH40-AWS RRH and RFS APXV18-206516S antennas. In Eastern Canada, Huawei equipment is primarily used.

2016 - Present =

WIND has started upgrading all sites to Nokia gear and is in the process of building its Band 66 (AWS-3) LTE network starting in Vancouver and Toronto.

Cities

Edmonton

Calgary

Ottawa

Toronto

Vancouver

Victoria

All towers have been removed from Victoria as of November, 2014.

Whistler

Whistler currently has 3 active sites. There are plans to add more towers to cover it as a whole.

Towers

Current

BWI0001: 4050 Whistler Wy
BWI0002: 7196 Lorimer Road - StreetView (compared to proposed tower on page 10 of the link above and here and here)
BWI0006: 4599 Chateau Blvd

Proposed

BWI0003: 8340 Alpine Way (see page 13)
BAB0012 – Mission North - 8294 Cedar Street, Mission, BC (N 49.12251°, W-122.315751°) PDF
BAB0024 – Silver Creek - 32086 Lougheed Highway, Mission, BC (N 49.130887 °, W -122.334881 °) PDF