Canadian media has reported that the country’s three dominate wireless carriers have slowly increased the price of wireless services over the past couple of months by around $5, roughly in line with the recent completion of a nationwide spectrum auction that failed to generate...
Amp'd Mobile Inc. is racking up deals to offer its unique content and user interface abroad, and reap the benefits of revenue sharing without the effort and expense of expanding its mobile virtual network operator business. Two international partnerships are slated to go live...
LAS VEGAS—Global Wireless Entertainment Inc. said it acquired SkinIt Inc., which provides on-demand and custom physical personalization of mobile devices. GWE, which manages celebrities and brands in the mobile media environment, said SkinIt has merged with its Cellfan.com business. Together the businesses will provide...
TORONTO-In preliminary results Canadian wireless operator Rogers Communications Inc. reported it added substantially fewer new subscribers to its wireless business in the fourth quarter of 2005 than in the same quarter of 2004. However, the carrier also said it managed to reduce its churn,...
OTTAWA-Canada's nationwide cellular carriers Bell Mobility, Fido, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility launched inter-carrier Wi-Fi service, along with plans to develop more than 500 new hot-spot locations. The new hot-spot network, which was developed in conjunction with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, allows cross-Canada...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. announced T-Mobile in Germany will join T-Mobile in the United States in selling its innovative Hiptop device. T-Mobile in Germany will sell it as the T-Mobile Sidekick II."The obvious success of the Sidekick II in the U.S. has compelled us...
Following the recently announced successful tender offer results relating to Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.'s $1.1 billion acquisition of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., Rogers Wireless appointed Alain Rheaume executive vice president of Microcell. Rheaume previously served as president and chief operating officer of...
MONTREAL-Fido jumped into the mobile music-recognition game Tuesday with "Name That Tune," an application that can identify nearly 2 million songs though handsets. Through the service, the Canadian carrier's subscribers can call "#DJ" and hold their phones up to pre-recorded music sources for 30...
Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.'s $1.1 billion agreement to acquire Microcell Telecommunications Inc., Canada's smallest wireless operator, could propel Rogers Wireless past Bell Mobility as the nation's largest wireless operator with approximately 5.1 million total subscribers. The deal also trumps a long-standing unsolicited $800 million...
MONTREAL-Canadian carrier Microcell Solutions Inc. said it will sell Danger Inc.'s unique Hiptop mobile phone/wireless data device, following the lead of fellow Hiptop sellers T-Mobile USA Inc. and Triton PCS."Microcell is committed to working with industry leaders like Danger to provide the devices and...
TORONTO-A Canadian wireless operator is getting into the telecom bundling game, with Canada's Microcell announcing an agreement with Sprint Canada Inc. to offer a residential wireline-wireless bundled service.The service, scheduled to be launched this fall, will offer one point of contact and one...
TORONTO-A Canadian mobile operator is getting into the bundling game, with Canada's Microcell announcing an agreement with Sprint Canada Inc. to offer a residential wireline-wireless bundled service.The service, scheduled to be launched this fall, will offer one point of contact and one monthly...
MONTREAL-Canadian PCS provider Fido has launched a new Freeday airtime package and the Sony Ericsson T300 handset, which will be exclusive to Fido.The Freeday package allows Fido customers to select one free day of the week for free local calls. The package, which also...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Inc. appointed Jean Laporte president of its Eastern Region where he will be responsible for all sales, distribution, customer service and local marketing activities across Quebec and Atlantic Canada.Laporte was national vice president of sales for Microcell Solutions' Fido...
TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said its secured lenders have agreed on the terms of a recapitalization plan for the struggling company.Microcell missed a US$29.3 million interest payment that was due 2 December.Montreal-based Microcell, which operates the Fido mobile-phone service, said details of the plan should...
TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said its secured lenders have agreed on the terms of a recapitalization plan for the struggling company.Microcell missed a US$29.3 million interest payment that was due 2 December.Montreal-based Microcell, which operates the Fido mobile-phone service, said details of the plan should...
Secured Lenders approve Microcell recapitalizationTORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said its secured lenders have agreed on the terms of a recapitalization plan for the struggling company.Microcell missed a US$29.3 million interest payment that was due 2 December.Montreal-based Microcell, which operates the Fido mobile-phone service, said...
MONTREAL-Canada's smallest wireless operator, Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said it will not make a scheduled $29.3 million interest payment this week as it continues to evaluate possible alternatives to reduce its financing costs and improve its liquidity position.The GSM operator, which serves more than 1.2...
TORONTO-Financially strapped Canadian wireless carrier Microcell Telecommunications said two of its rivals are poaching its customers and has asked Canada's telephone regulator to order a cease and desist of the marketing practices.A complaint filed with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission alleged that Rogers...
BOSTON—Canadian wireless operator Microcell Telecommunications Inc. launched SpeechWorks International Inc.'s speech-activated customer service application for its Fido brand wireless service.The SpeechWorks service is designed to allow customers to automatically update their account address for billing information in either French or English.
TORONTO—Microcell Telecommunications completed a C$39.6 million (US$27.4 million) rights with shareholders Telesystem and VoiceStream Wireless, increasing total proceeds to C$450.6 million (US$312.2 million) to date. The Montreal-based carrier of the Fido brand wireless service believes this financing, along with proceeds from an earlier offering,...
TORONTO—Microcell Telecommunications plans to raise C$250 million (US$150 million) of its C$350 million (US$220 million) in financing needs through an equity offering. But Deutsche Telecom, a 15-percent owner of Microcell, is noticeably absent as a participant in the C$250 million offering. Microcell, which owns...
TORONTO—Facing tough times, Microcell Telecommunications has laid off 5 percent of its work force. The Montreal-based carrier of the Fido brand wireless service gave the pink slip to about 200 employees.The job cuts consist of 90 positions in Montreal, 35 in Toronto and eight...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless carriers are bracing for tougher times as they gear up for faster 2.5-generation (2.5G) services. The four national carriers-Bell Mobility, Microcell, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility-posted disappointing second-quarter results, reflecting the overall slowdown in the market."Canadian pricing is even more competitive...
