Restrictions inflate cellphone costs for users: GlobaliveVancouver Sun - Scott Simpson - 4 Jun, 2011Federal laws that restrict foreign investment are keeping mobile phone costs unnecessarily high for Canadian consumers, the chairman of telecom sector upstart Globalive said Friday in Vancouver. ... |
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CRTC dismisses Globalive roaming complaintGlobe and Mail - Iain Marlow - 4 Jun, 2011The federal telecom regulator has dismissed a complaint by Globalive Wireless Management Corp. arguing that Rogers Communications Inc. was denying Globalive's Wind Mobile customers the ability to roam seamlessly onto Rogers' network. ... |
Globalive Wants Spectrum Limits for Large Mobile CarriersBloomberg - Hugo Miller - Jun 2, 2011Globalive Communications Corp., a new Canadian mobile-service provider, said the country's three main carriers are sitting on unused spectrum and shouldn't be allowed to buy more airwaves in the next ... |
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Don't give up on wireless competition: WindCBC.ca - Jun 2, 2011Facing a federal government perhaps slowing a drive to loosen stringent foreign-ownership laws in the sector, the chairman of fledging wireless operator Wind Mobile urged Thursday Ottawa to pursue the task with speed. "Canada is falling behind in ... |
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Globalive urges Canada to open up telecom sectorReuters - Alastair Sharp, Janet Guttsman - Jun 2, 2011TORONTO (Reuters) - Globalive had no choice but to seek foreign funds for its Wind Mobile service and wants Canada to loosen restrictions on outside influence quickly, its chairman said on Thursday. "It is time for competition to work in this country," ... |
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Open telecom to foreign players, Globalive chairman urgesCTV.ca - Jun 2, 2011Globalive Wireless Management Corp. chairman Anthony Lacavera urged policy makers to open up Canada's telecom sector to foreign players, as he told a conference how difficult incumbent wireless providers have made his journey to launch Wind Mobile. ... |
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Globalive: Canadian Wireless Entrants Need Access To Foreign CapitalWall Street Journal - Ben Dummett - Jun 2, 2011TORONTO (Dow Jones)--The Canadian government needs to establish rules for upcoming spectrum auctions that prevent incumbent wireless operators from being able to buy up network capacity at the expense of new ... |
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Globalive Chairman Wants More Competition in Canadian Wireless IndustryTMC Net - Ed Silverstein - 4 Jun, 2011The chairman of Globalive Communications Corp., a Canadian-based mobile-service provider, wants to see more competition in the wireless industry. Speaking at the Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto, Anthony Lacavera ... |
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CRTC hands Rogers the win in handoff dispute with WindCartt.ca (subscription) - 4 Jun, 2011OTTAWA â€" The CRTC has dismissed complaints from Wind Mobile regarding its roaming arrangements with Rogers. The wireless newcomer accused Rogers of undue preference over its handling of call transitions, known as handoffs, in a complaint last October. ... |
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WIRELESS CHOICE, ONE YEAR LATER: WIND MOBILE CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN ...CNW Group (press release) - 4 Jun, 2011VANCOUVER, June 3, 2011 /CNW/ - One year ago today, WIND Mobile launched in Vancouver and since then 166 million minutes of unlimited talk time have been used by Vancouverites on WIND's state-of-the-art HD voice network. As the first new entrant to ... |
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Wind looses seamless roaming caseITWorld Canada (registration) - Howard Solomon - 4 Jun, 2011Wind Mobile has lost a fight to have the telecommunications regulator order Rogers Communications Inc. to enable seamless roaming for subscribers when they move across coverage areas. On Friday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications ... |
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Globalive asks Canada to allow foreign fundsGlobal Telecoms Business - 4 Jun, 2011Anthony Lacavera, chairman of Canadian mobile operator Globalive, is urging the Canadian government to loosen restrictions on outside influence. Globalive runs mobile services under the Wind brand, with significant investment from Orascom, the Egyptian ... |
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CTS 2011: Rogers, Bell, Telus, "increasingly bloated," need to be held back ...Cartt.ca (subscription) - Alan Breznick - Jun 2, 2011TORONTO â€" Making a passionate case for greater government support of wireless competition, Globalive Group Chairman Anthony Lacavera lambasted the nation's three incumbent mobile providers, called for a full set-aside of 700 MHz ... |
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Bell, Wind execs trade barbs on wireless policyITWorld Canada - Howard Solomon - Jun 2, 2011They didn't shoot face-to-face, but one of the country's biggest incumbent wireless carriers and an upstart fired shots at each other at the close of a telecommunications conference. The separate speeches by George Cope, CEO of Bell Canada and Anthony ... |
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Investors like business risks, but 'despise' regulatory uncertainty, Lacavera saysThe Wire Report - Mark Burgess - Jun 2, 2011TORONTOâ€"Regulatory uncertainty could interfere with Industry Canada's upcoming spectrum auctions if foreign investors feel they have to take a chance in an “ambiguous” Canadian market, Globalive Wireless Management Corp. chairman Anthony Lacavera said ... |
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Lacavera on spectrum: Bell, TELUS and Rogers should watch the TV show “Hoarders”MobileSyrup.com - Ian Hardy - Jun 2, 2011Tony Lacavera was the keynote speaker today at the Canadian Telecom Summit and he bluntly started his presentation that their entrance into wireless has not been pretty. After gaining approval to ... |
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Canadian Telecom Summit 2011: WIND's Lacavera Tells Incumbents to Watch HoardersMarketnews.ca - Christine Persaud - Jun 2, 2011In one of the most jaw-dropping comments at this year's Canadian Telecom Summit, WIND Mobile's Chairman Tony Lacavera suggests that the incumbent carriers check out an episode of the popular TV show Hoarders. His implication is that the show will ... |
CRTC rejects Globalive complaint that Rogers drops too many roaming callsWinnipeg Free Press - Sunny Freeman - 4 Jun, 2011TORONTO - Customers of Wind Mobile and other new wireless players will continue to face the frustration of dropped calls when roaming onto another network after Canada's telecommunications regulator refused to intervene in a disagreement between two of ... |
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CRTC dismisses Globalive complaint against RogersToronto Star - Sunny Freeman - 4 Jun, 2011Canada's telecommunications regulator has refused to intervene in a disagreement over mobile roaming rights between new cellphone player Wind Mobile and the country's largest telecom company. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications ... |
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Wind chief wants level wireless playing fieldOttawa Citizen - Jamie Sturgeon - Jun 2, 2011TORONTO â€" Facing a federal government perhaps slowing a drive to loosen stringent foreign-ownership laws in the sector, the chairman of fledgling wireless operator Wind Mobile urged the federal government ... |
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Globalive urges Canada to open up telecom sectorReuters Africa - Alastair Sharp - Jun 2, 2011TORONTO, June 2 (Reuters) - Globalive had no choice but to seek foreign funds for its Wind Mobile wireless service and wants Canada to move quickly to loosen restrictions on telecom sector investment, its chairman said on Thursday. ... |
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Ease ownership rules or risk falling behind in wireless, Wind warns OttawaFinancial Post - Jamie Sturgeon - Jun 2, 2011TORONTO â€" Facing a federal government that may be slowing its drive to loosen stringent foreign-ownership laws in the sector, the chairman of fledging wireless operator Wind Mobile urged Thursday Ottawa to pursue the task with speed. ... |
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CRTC dismisses Globalive roaming complaint against RogersThe Wire Report - 4 Jun, 2011The CRTC dismissed on Friday Globalive Wireless Management Corp.'s complaint that Rogers Communications Inc. is discriminating against it in the companies' roaming arrangements. Globalive had claimed that Rogers gave itself an undue preference and ... |
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Canadian government asked to loosen telecommunications ownership rulesThe Next Web - Jun 2, 2011Canada's restrictions on foreign telecommunications ownership is bad for competition and, as a result, bad for Canadians, and Globalive's chairman told industry executives today at the Canadian Telecom Summit that it's about time that the government ... |
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