Fair weather trend: Wind breezes past half million

Canadian 3G mobile network operator Wind Mobile – part of the Vimpelcom group – has announced that it has reached the milestone of 500,000 subscribers this month, up from 457,000 at end-June, and having commercially launched in December 2009. Wind also stated that its W-CDMA/HSPA network now covers a population of over 13.5 million via 1,225 active network sites. It also reported that it currently has 225 own-branded retail stores in addition to more than 400 other distribution outlets.