Canadian telecom giant Rogers said CEO Guy Laurence is leaving his post immediately, plans to hire former Telus CEO Joseph Natale
Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications announced president and CEO Guy Laurence is stepping down immediately, which came on the heels of lackluster third-quarter financial...
FCC, Industry Canada agree on 600 MHz band plans in a move to reduce interference concerns
The Federal Communications Commission continues to craft its 600 MHz spectrum plans, with the latest move coming in connection with Canada’s government regulators over harmonizing television and wireless spectrum...
Mobilicity deal includes closing of Shaw spectrum acquisition, spectrum divestitures to Wind Mobile
Rogers Communications won the bidding war for beleaguered Canadian mobile operator Mobilicity in a move that government regulators said would bolster its attempts to increase competition across Canada.
Rogers said it was set...
Reported deal for Mobilicity faces regulatory hurdles
Canadian mobile operator Mobilicity reportedly has a pair of suitors ready to take over the beleaguered operator, though government regulators appear sour on such a deal.
According to Bloomberg Business, Canadian telecom giants Telus and Rogers Communications are both...
Roaming rate regulations target Bell Canada, Telus and Rogers
Citing a lack of competition, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said it plans to take steps in regulating roaming rates across the country. The move is part of an ongoing process by CRTC and government...
Canada’s 2.5 GHz spectrum auction latest attempt to increase competition
Canada’s quest for deeper mobile competition continues today as the country’s telecom regulator begins what is expected to be a short auction of spectrum licenses in the 2.5 GHz band.
The auction is set to include...
Five of 10 qualified bidders picked up spectrum licenses; 2.5 GHz auction next
Canada’s AWS-3 spectrum auction came to a quick end after one day of bidding saw 39 of the 42 licenses up for bid find takers. In total, those 39 licenses generated 2.1...
Spectrum auction is latest attempt by Canada to bolster wireless competition
On the heels of its southern neighbor conducting its most lucrative spectrum auction ever, Canada this week is set to kick off bidding for 50 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz band, also...
Canada’s attempts to reduce wireless service pricing continue to draw mixed results, with the latest news coming from a report commissioned by government regulators.
The report, which was conducted by Wall Communications and is commissioned annually by Canadian regulator Industry Canada and the Canadian Radio-television...
The Canadian government is looking to maintain a fresh supply of spectrum for that country’s mobile industry as well as attempting to encourage new entrants, announcing this week plans to conduct an auction of licenses in the 1.7/2.1 GHz band next year.
Industry Canada said...
Less than a year after having its hand slapped over such a proposal, Canadian telecommunications giant Telus is again set to acquire smaller rival Mobilicity.
Mobilicity, which is controlled by Data & Audio-Visual Enterprise Holdings, announced that the proposed $350 million deal was made under...
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...
The Canadian government’s plans to introduce competition into that country’s wireless space through stringent spectrum rules met with limited success as results from its auction of 700 MHz spectrum licenses were announced. The country’s three dominate players, Rogers Communications, Telus and Bell Canada, all...
Canada’s telecom regulator Industry Canada is set later today to announce the winners of that country’s 700 MHz spectrum auction. The auction is assumed to have wrapped up sometime in the past five days as Industry Canada said before the auction began that it...
Get this: At this moment there is a spectrum auction happening not too far from where you are probably reading this. That is if you are reading this somewhere that is not “too far” from Canada, which is where that auction is happening.
Globalive withdraw its hat from Canada’s highly anticipated 700 MHz spectrum auction just one day before the event was set to get under way. Globalive, which operates under the Wind Mobile brand in Canada, was the fifth previously qualified participant to forgo the proceedings.
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The Canadian government is looking to curb nationwide roaming rates for wireless customers, announcing plans to introduce an amendment to the country’s Telecommunications Act designed to cap the amount carriers can charge other operators for accessing their network.
Industry Canada Minister James Moore noted the...
Canada’s plan to increase competition across its wireless market through the upcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum assets appears to be sputtering as a handful of potential bidders have dropped out of the process.
According to a Reuters report, four entities that had previously stated...
Canadian wireless customers beginning this week will be able to take advantage of a new “wireless code” designed to ease the burden on subscribing to wireless services.
The code, which was enacted in early June by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, states that...
Less than six months after denying Telus’ $370 million acquisition attempt of Mobilicity citing competitive concerns, Canadian regulator Industry Canada has approved Telus’ acquisition of struggling operator Public Mobile.
In clarifying its position on the two deals, Industry Canada noted that the G-Block spectrum...
Canadian wireless carrier Mobilicity said it received creditor protection from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice enabling the beleaguered company to seek out new funding. Mobilicity is controlled by Data & Audio-Visual Enterprise Holdings.
“ protection will allow Mobilicity the necessary time and financing to...
Canadians appear willing to give up increased competition in their domestic wireless space for keeping that market, or at least according to a new survey released by Nanos Research and conducted on behalf of Bell Canada and Telus, two entrenched wireless operators opposed to...
Canada’s incumbent wireless carriers received support in their ongoing attempts to influence the government’s plans to establish rules for the upcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum licenses.
Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, noted in a blog post that Industry...
Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility is cutting a year from its traditional three-year contract plans, now allowing customers to gain access to postpaid rate plans with a two-year commitment. The three-year plan has been a staple of the Canadian wireless market, used by all...
