The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) new wireless code that came into effect at the end of 2013 is having a positive impact on overall Canadian satisfaction with their wireless provider, according
Wind Mobile has confirmed it’s dropping out of Tuesday’s wireless spectrum auction, leaving just 10 bidders to vie for the licenses to operate within the coveted 700 megahertz spectrum. One day before the
Published on: January 13th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
As the year closes, it is difficult to look back on the last 12 months in the Canadian IT sector with anything but pangs of disappointment. The year began with hope the country’s
Published on: December 23rd, 2013 Howard Solomon @howarditwc
Public Mobile was acquired yesterday by Telus Mobility in a deal given the federal government's stamp of approval by Minister of Industry James Moore. A new entrant to the wireless market that launched
The new entrant wireless carrier that once said it would come out of any market consolidation as a buyer - not a seller - has been acquired today by Burnaby, B.C.-based Telus Corp.
Editor's note: Story updated at 3:16 PM with new comments gathered by reporter Howard Solomon. While Mobilicity says it is reviewing Industry Canada's decision to prevent its acquisition by incumbent Calgary-based carrier Telus Corp.,
Toronto-based IT solutions and enterprise data centre provider OnX Enterprise Solutions has won a contract with mobile service provider Public Mobile for hosted data centre services. OnX, which was recently named one of
Three of Canada's new wireless carriers entering the scene since the last spectrum auction have withdrawn from the group that works to represent the industry as a whole, they announced in a joint
The new entrants to Canada’s wireless carrier industry have held conversations about possible mergers, according to Public Mobile CEO Alex Krstajic.Those talks have always fallen apart in the end, though, he says. Public
Public Mobile, one of the new entrants to the Canadian cell phone carrier space, announced today an unlimited music download service available to its customers using Android smartphones.Dubbed Siren, the Toronto-based firm is
On the eve of its one-year anniversary in the Toronto market, Public Mobile fired a shot across the bow at Canada’s big three wireless incumbents, imploring the federal government to once again set
At the rate that Canadian mobile wireless service providers are popping up and offering new deals to consumers, you'd think the battle to bend the ears of cell phone users – and open
Published on: July 30th, 2010 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
The new crop of mobile service providers seems to have buoyed the Canadian mobile sector, experts note.While oil and gas companies - traditional standard bearers - took a beating last year, the telecom
Published on: June 28th, 2010 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
