Verizon Communications has reportedly moved closer to entering the Canadian wireless market, having offered to purchase beleaguered operator Wind Mobile and initiating talks with equally-troubled Mobility.
Reuters reported that sources claimed Verizon has offered up to $800 million to purchase Wind, seeming to confirm reports...
Canada’s telecommunications regulatory body, Industry Canada, said it would begin auctioning off spectrum in the 700 MHz band on Nov. 19, as part of the government’s plans to bolster competition across the country’s wireless industry.
The auction is set to use a “combinatorial clock auction...
Canadian telecom conglomerate Rogers Communications has announced a multi-pronged deal with Shaw Communications that includes an option to acquire Shaw’s spectrum licenses covering portions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northern Ontario.
The full deal also includes Shaw selling its stake in Mountain Cablevision...
Canadian wireless operator Wind announced a triumph in its running dispute with rival Public Mobile, claiming a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada stays an appeal to a Federal Court of Appeal decision that confirmed Wind’s compliance with Canada’s ownership rules for mobile...
Latvian-based microwave manufacturer SAF Tehnika JSC announced a deal to deploy 200 CFIP Lumina links in rural Canadian areas to extend broadband coverage.Partnering with SAF is Crossover Distribution.com Corp., a value-added distributor of wireless broadband and in-building cellular technologies based in Mississauga, Ontario, in...
A quote often attributed to Bernard Shaw actually comes from the German philosopher Georg Hegel: “We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.” Perhaps the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) should pay attention to that bit of wisdom. ...
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 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 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...
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...
Industry Canada's ongoing advanced wireless services spectrum auction hit a bit of a milestone as the average price per megahertz per potential customer covered eclipsed the 54 cents per MHz/pop generated during the U.S. AWS auction, which was held in 2006. The Canadian licenses...
The Bush administration is expected to push for international recognition of emerging wireless broadband and hybrid mobile satellite service services at this fall's World Radiocommunication Conference, a position that the U.S. delegation head said is attracting support even as opposition from the European bloc...
The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a spectrum block for mobile satellite services provider TerreStar Networks Inc., one of a handful of firms trying to avoid past mistakes that nearly wiped out the MSS sector in the previous decade.How does TerreStar expect to...
The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a large chunk of frequencies for TerreStar Networks Inc., a firm that plans to provide wireless service throughout North America using a hybrid satellite-terrestrial cellular network. The news essentially gives TerreStar direct ownership of spectrum covering all...
OTTAWA-Canadian regulatory agency Industry Canada said it has conditionally assigned 306 wireless spectrum licenses in the 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum bands to 12 companies through a recently completed wireless spectrum auction. The auction, which concluded on Jan. 27 and generated $45.3 million...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. said the government's decision late last week to eliminate the previously existing 55-megahertz spectrum cap for wireless carriers removes one of the principal approvals required for Telus' pending unsolicited offer to acquire rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc. If...
Motorola Inc. savored a victory in its fraud lawsuit against Turkish carrier Telsim as a U.S. federal judge ordered the Uzan family to pay the vendor $4.26 billion, plus post-judgement interest. Both Motorola and Nokia Corp. filed fraud and racketeering lawsuits against the Turkish...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Canadian telecom regulator Industry Canada have reached an interim agreement that will allow for the deployment of wireless communications service-mostly fixed broadband-to be offered along the Canadian border.The agreement calls for coordination and cross-border sharing agreements.Since 1962, the FCC...
TORONTO—Sierra Wireless announced that regulators approved one of its high-speed wireless modems for sale. The Vancouver modem maker said that Industry Canada and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission had granted approval for its AirCard 710. The modem is Sierra's first product for the General...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—The Federal Communications Commission and Industry Canada have issued regulatory approvals for Sierra Wireless's AirCard 710 Wireless Network Card, the first GSM/GPRS product in the company's AirCard product line. "We are progressing toward launching our new GPRS product line into the global...
OTTAWA—Industry Canada signed a memorandum of understand with the Russian Minister of Communication and Information Leonid Reiman for cooperation in communication and information technologies. The countries will share information and expertise among public and private organizations, as well as through joint initiatives to be...
NORWOOD, Mass.—Compaq Computer Corp. selected Analog Devices' Othello and Softfone GSM/GPRS chipsets for use in its wireless Pack for the iPAQ Pocket PC."The field-proven Othello and Softfone chipsets allowed the Wireless Pack to easily pass the stringent GSM full type approval, FCC and industry...
TORONTO-The Canadian government may give a new meaning to the sounds of silence for wireless devices. Ottawa is considering changing its laws to allow restaurants, theaters, hospitals and churches to silence cell phones by jamming radio signals. Jamming devices work by sending out an...
Adicom WirelessAdicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and high cost of subscriber unit...
