The Government of Canada today took steps to streamline its next spectrum auction and introduced some mechanisms that would provide smaller players a head start over the nation’s big three incumbents. The AWS-3
Published on: July 7th, 2014 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
It was a long time in the making, and it wasn't worth the wait. That's the general sentiment expressed by several critics of Minister of Industry James Moore's Digital Canada 150 plan. The
The government is set for another round of auctioning, selling off licenses for blocks of spectrum to the telecommunications companies serving customers across Canada. With 11 companies set to bid in Tuesday's auction, we've
Published on: January 13th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
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.
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
Canada's small mobile carriers are split on their opinion on the government's earlier announcement to open allow them greater access to foreign capital. The new auction rules “are a victory for Canadian consumers,”
Published on: March 15th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
Yesterday, Industry Minister Christian Paradis announced the government would be lifting foreign ownership restrictions for small telecom companies ahead of the next wireless spectrum auction in the first half of 2013.The announcement ends
Published on: March 15th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff @itbusinessca
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
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has corrected a public notice after a new entrant to the nation's wireless industry complained that about a possible delay to the launch of its network and
The entry of new players into the Canadian wireless arena is the banner news from Ottawa's recently concluded spectrum auction.But the next big fallout, industry watchers say, could be a massive business boost
Published on: July 23rd, 2008 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
The results of Canada's eight-week long spectrum auction are in and the event may signify the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel for this country's long-suffering cell phone users.Canadian providers of
Published on: July 22nd, 2008 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
When Rogers Communications Inc. makes the Apple iPhone available in Canada later this year, the telecom firm is likely offer up a flat-rate unlimited data plan to customers, industry insiders say. And such
