Canadian telecommunications provider Globalive Wireless Management Corp. found some high-level support from the government in its attempts to offer mobile services as Industry Canada said it would appeal a recent court decision that would prevent Globalive from operating due to ownership concerns.Canada’s Minister of...
Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility (TU) said it will begin rolling out upgrades to its HSPA+ network designed to provide maximum download speeds of up to 42 megabits per second and upload speeds up to 11 Mbps.
The technology upgrade consists of the dual cell...
Canadian wireless operator Globalive Wireless Management Corp. saw its plans tripped up late last week as Canada’s Federal Court overruled a previous government decision that allowed Gobalive to offer mobile services despite questions about its ownership structure.The court noted that the government was incorrect...
Canadian wireless operator Wind Mobile is using Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s HD Voice services to its customers. Wind Mobile is the first wireless operator in Canada to use the service, Huawei said. The company also introduced a cloud computing strategy aimed at its customers...
Canadian wireless operator Wind Mobile is using Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s HD Voice services to its customers. Wind Mobile is the first wireless operator in Canada to use the service, Huawei said. The company also introduced a cloud computing strategy aimed at its customers...
Canadian telecommunications provider Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) is delaying the launch of its wireless service until early 2012, pushing off its entrance into the increasingly competitive market by about three months.The company noted during its first fiscal quarter release that its previous plans to...
Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it has started a LTE trial in the Ottawa area with network partner Ericsson Canada. The company said the trial will include tests in both low and high frequency bands across the market.“Through this trial we will...
Canada's two largest CDMA carriers, Bell Canada and Telus Mobility, announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to eventually upgrade to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei will build the HSPA networks for both carriers.Investment...
Could the CDMA camp be losing a pair of stalwarts? According to a report released this morning by UBS Investment Research, Canada's two largest CDMA operators Telus Mobility and Bell Canada are set overlay their current CDMA-based networks with W-CDMA/HSPA technology."Based on our industry...
Editor's Note: We get a lot of e-mails in response to our weekly Worst of the Week columns, and we read and enjoy each one (at least, the ones that agree with us). However, last week astute reader Dave Baird sent us an...
Madison Dearborn Partners L.L.C. is among a group of investors engineering the $48.5 billion purchase of BCE Inc., Canada's biggest phone company, in the largest buyout ever. Madison Dearborn Partners will get a 9% stake, valued at about $4.4 billion, as it chalks up...
Motorola Good Technology Group this week plans to take its first serious swipe at Research In Motion Ltd's dominance of the mobile e-mail space.The Motorola Inc. subsidiary is expected to unveil an upgraded version of its flagship product for road warriors and other high-end...
The two largest telecom carriers in Canada are in discussions over a possible tie-up, although no official deal has been announced. Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. said they are pursuing "non-exclusive discussions" about a possible "business combination" that Telus' chief executive said would create...
It's been about a month since wireless number portability kicked in for consumers in Canada, and in the words of analyst Lawrence Surtees, "Guess what? The sky hasn't fallen." Surtees, VP and principal analyst of communications research for IDC Canada Ltd. of Toronto, said...
As wireless carriers begin exploring data roaming, several are not simply limiting their sights to domestic roaming but are seeking to provide a more seamless mobile data experience around the world. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. introduced international data roaming not long after it launched its...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a pair of international data roaming deals, opening up Canada and Mexico for its data customers as part of what the carrier called "an aggressive expansion by the U.S. wireless data leader throughout 2006 and beyond."Under the reciprocal...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a pair of international data roaming deals, opening up Canada and Mexico for its data customers as part of what the carrier called "an aggressive expansion by the U.S. wireless data leader throughout 2006 and beyond." Under the...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Craig McCaw's Clearwire Corp. filed for a $400 million initial public offering, a move that likely will help fund the company's efforts to expand its wireless broadband operations in the United States and elsewhere. The company did not reveal how many shares it...
MONTREAL-Canadian telecom companies Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. and Aliant Inc. announced that they are combining their operations to form what they say is one of the largest regional telecommunications service providers in North America. As part of the deal, BCE will receive Aliant's wireless...
MONTREAL—Canadian telecom companies Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. and Aliant Inc. announced that they are combining their operations to form what they say is one of the largest regional telecommunications service providers in North America. As part of the deal, BCE will receive Aliant’s wireless...
TORONTO-Bell Canada launched a full-track music download service powered by Groove Mobile, which also enables a similar service recently launched by Sprint Nextel Corp. Bell Canada said consumers are charged $2.58 per song and that the service is available using the Samsung Electronics Co....
ANDOVER, Mass.-Groove Mobile music service is partnering with Telecom New Zealand to power the carrier's nationwide music service, the Telecom Music Store. Subscribers will be able to download songs from the mobile store via the Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. 9000 handset, which comes with...
TORONTO-Bell Canada launched a full track music download service powered by Groove Mobile, which also enables a similar service recently launched by Sprint Nextel Corp. Bell Canada said consumers are charged $2.58 per song and that the service is available using the Samsung Electronics...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of the world's top-three electronics companies by 2010. The company also said it would more than double its 2004 sales revenues by 2010,...
