TORONTO-The established Canadian wireless fraternity scooped up most of the available spectrum licenses contested in the February auction. All told, Industry Canada's auction for wireless spectrum in the 2 GHz band raised US$964 million for federal coffers.Rogers Wireless and Bell Mobility were the two...
MONTREAL-Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc. released fourth-quarter 2000 results showing the company added 134,654 customers to its Fido wireless service, bringing its total customer base to 922,527 subscribers. Of its customers, 51 percent were reported as postpaid with the remaining 49...
Nine months after investing an initial $33 million into its mobile Internet services development company Microcell i5 Inc., Canadian wireless operator Microcell Solutions Inc. introduced its i.Fido wireless data services to its Fido personal communications services customers.Microcell's wireless Internet offering will face stiff competition...
TORONTO-Rumors continue to swirl in the wireless sector here that Microcell Telecommunications of Montreal is for sale. Microcell operates the Fido brand GSM personal communications services (PCS) network and started its Canadian operations in 1997.Microcell declined to comment on any speculation. The carrier continues...
NEW YORK-OZ.COM, Reykjavik, Iceland, formed OZ Canada, a Montreal-based subsidiary, through the purchase of a company recently established by L.M. Ericsson and a venture capital unit of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.OZ Canada will function as an advanced applications development center for General Packet Radio Service...
TORONTO-Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc. announced it formed a new mobile Internet services development company, Microcell i5 Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell, Microcell i5 plans to launch its first service in third-quarter 2000.Microcell i5, with an initial $33.58 million...
New sales records of all kinds were set during last year's fourth quarter, reinforcing the importance of the last three months of the year for the wireless industry."In the cellular market, the battle for market share is won and lost in the fourth quarter,...
MONTREAL-Microcell Solutions Inc. introduced a new pricing plan and feature for its Fido PCS offering.Customers now can opt for a $20/200 plan, which offers 200 anytime minutes per month for $20 in Canada. Fido now also offers customers of its $40/400 and $100/1,000 plans...
Last week proved a significantly productive one for wireless data service bureau provider Saraide.com as the company acquired a value-added service provider in Europe and received a $5.5 million investment from L.M. Ericsson.The week also marked the first time the company's various satellite offices...
Microcell Telecommunications Inc., Montreal, sold a $150 million issue of 10-year senior discount notes to help fund its capital requirements.One of two nationwide personal communications services license holders in Canada, Microcell so far has built out its network to cover 52 percent of the...
NEW YORK-Microcell Tele-communications Inc. is hoping Canadian regulators will follow the lead of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong in granting customers mobile number portability (MNP) as they change carriers.The Montreal, Canada-based company is the parent of a personal communications services provider with a...
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a hamburger and French fries? Probably McDonalds.Think of a pair of tennis shoes, and you probably picture the Nike swoosh. Or a pair of jeans, and you probably think of Levi's....
Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said it completed the final phase of its 1998 expansion in Canada with the launch of Fido personal communications services in London, Ontario. The PCS service, operating on the Global System for Mobile communications platform, expands the Fido footprint to 16...
MOBILEMEDIAMobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, promoted several people in management positions. Steven Gross was named executive vice president of sales and marketing. He joined MobileComm as senior vice president of sales and marketing in 1996, and since has been responsible for new product introductions, including...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following a long series of regulatory battles, Telecom Italia (TI) finally closed down after just a few months of operation its FIDO cordless terminal mobility service.Designed to offer local mobility to fixed network subscribers, FIDO was based on DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless...
MONTREAL-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced it launched its Fido personal communications services system in Sherbrooke, Quebec, last week.Fido is an enhanced digital wireless communication service using Global System for Mobile communications technology at 1 GHz.
Sygnet Wireless Inc. said it is exploring strategic alternatives, including the possible sale of the company, and has retained Lehman Brothers Inc. as its financial adviser. The company said the decision comes after the increasing pace of consolidation in the cellular industry. Several second-tier...
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Microcell Solutions Inc. launched personal communications services, branded Fido, throughout the greater Calgary area. The service uses Global System for Mobile communications technology.In Calgary, Fido PCS service is available from Canada Olympic Park to Falconridge, and from Calgary International Airport to Spruce...
MONTREAL-Users of Microcell Solutions Inc.'s personal communication service, Fido, can now roam in France, England, Switzerland, Germany and Hong Kong, said the company.Fido customers in these countries can use their own Fido number. Roaming in other countries will be available soon, said Microcell."Our ultimate...
TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. signed a handful of new roaming agreements with European operators, and announced its Fido personal communications services network will be active in Toronto starting next week.Microcell Connexions Inc., the network subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications, signed roaming agreements with Global System for...
Samsung Electronics Co. has sold more than 1 million Any Call digital Code Division Multiple Access phone sets and obtained more than 1.4 million new subscribers in one year. The company said its four CDMA handset models-SCH-100, SCH-100S, SCH-200 and SCH-200F-captured 58 percent of...
Wireless pricing in competitive markets with at least one personal communications services operator on average is 18 percent lower than in markets with no PCS competitors, reported the Yankee Group.More than 40 markets in North America have three broadband wireless voice providers and 10...
Total Access Communications, a wireless operator in Thailand, has relatively strong credit protection measures due to low levels of wired and wireless penetration and heavy demand for telecommunications services, according to a credit analysis report issued by Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. Michael...
MONTREAL-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. announced a new pricing program for its Digital PCS cellular customers in the greater Montreal area."Montreal and More" costs about $44 a month and includes 400 minutes of calls. Additional calls are billed at 20 cents per minute.Digital PCS...
