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WIND Mobile on Rogers possibly delaying new carrier launches: “extremely distasteful and disappointing”
With the new wireless carriers coming into the Canadian market, it seems to be increasingly fashionable for the incumbent players (Rogers, Bell and TELUS) to express concern. Last week we heard that Rogers decided to urge the CRTC to look into how DAVE Wireless and Public Mobile foreign ownership is structured.
This is not new to Wind Mobile, formally known as Globalive Wireless, as they are about to go in front of the CRTC for their foreign ownership structure also. TELUS requested this inquest and it will happen on September 23rd and 24th in Gatineau, Quebec.
WIND Mobile decided to inform us all about their true feelings about the current carriers blocking and possibly stalling the launch of the new wireless Canadian carriers. They released statement and Ken Campbell, CEO of Globalive Wireless said “Rogers, Telus and Bell have worked hard to block our entry to market and at least Rogers now seems to be trying to do the same for the other new entrants. This type of regulatory gamesmanship is extremely disappointing and harmful. The uncertainty presented by our upcoming CRTC hearing and the human and financial resources spent preparing for it won’t stop us from bringing a compelling new offering to Canadians by the end of the year, but it has certainly made it harder. This is just as the incumbents intended. We believe that this latest move by Rogers represents another attempt to abuse the regulatory system with the objective of delaying new wireless competition. This, in my view, is extremely distasteful and disappointing.”
“We are confident that the CRTC will ultimately reach the same conclusion as Industry Canada and that we will be able to bring a very exciting wireless offering to Canadians. While we work to build our business we are creating hundreds of jobs and investing very substantial amounts in the Canadian economy. Within the year we will have invested a billion dollars in building our business. We respect our entrant competitors, DAVE and Public Mobile, and the investments they too are making. We welcome competition rather than fear it and remain committed to reaching market by the end of the year.”
I always go back to what Industry Minister, Jim Prentice said about the governments intentions of the Wireless Spectrum auction: “Our government’s intentions are clear: to achieve lower prices, better service and more choice for consumers and business . We believe in relying on market forces to the maximum extent feasible because competition benefits consumers, and consumers benefit most when markets are as competitive as they can be.”
Isn’t this what us consumers want: to lower prices, better service and more choice
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It is despicable what the monopolies are trying to do.
I say you take them out, or at least, spank them hard enough for their robbery the past decade.
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But wait! There’s more!
Ken wrote a blog post about this: http://www.windmobile.ca/WIND-news/detail/more-challenges-big-three/
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Come up with a “grand opening” promotion worthy of paying the ETF on existing contracts and you will see hordes of new customers.
As far as I can see, the leaked data and voice plans for GlobaAlive are on the right track, but still not there yet.
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These statements coming out of WIND are nothing more than wind. They are part of a concerted PR strategy to make the competition look bad because WIND has nothing else to offer at the moment. If they can convince a few people that the incumbents are evil, and WIND is pure as the blowing snow, they have achieved their purpose. The problem is that the only people believing it decided the incumbents are evil years ago – so WIND is not likely changing may minds.
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@doitonabike
Totally shocked by your comments about WIND. Irregardless of ANY PR, under what rock have you been under? Is there anyone but those making money off of the big 3 would NOT think the incumbents are NOT evil (in the business sense).
Didn’t the latest stat reports find that Canadians are paying 60% more for cellular than the USA, or that Canada is the 3rd most expensive place to have a cell!!
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lol.
Double negative clarification.
The only ones that would think the incumbents are good, are those making money from them.
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Hi Kate,
There are a couple of incorrect assertions in your story that need to be corrected.
In December 2008, the CRTC notified successful bidders who acquired spectrum in the 2008 AWS spectrum auction and who were not yet licenced as telecom carriers in Canada that they would undergo a foreign ownership and control review. This notification (http://www.crtc.gc.ca/PartVII/eng/2009/8657/c12_200910316.htm) was issued to a half dozen companies including Globalive and Dave Wireless. The foreign ownership and control review is a routine part of the licencing procedure for all telecom carriers and was initiated by the CRTC and not by TELUS.
In July, 2009 TELUS requested that the CRTC conduct the foreign ownership and control review in pubic.
The foreign ownership and control review is not about impeding competition as some would like you to believe. The real issue here is simply about compliance with the laws of our country.
Jim Johannsson, TELUS
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I disagree with your point 100%! If you think that Telus, Bell or Rogers are happy to have another player in the market then you are completely lying period!
This is clearly a tactic used by Rogers, Bell and Telus to persuade CRTC and pained Wind Mobile as a foreign company. This ancient policy must be reformed and does not make since in today’s global market or help this country one bit. As a matter of fact it’s hurting Canadians.
I think that policy makers/CRTC will make a decision that will benefit the market and Canadians. Enough is Enough!
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I am victim of Bell then Rogers.
Canadian service providers are charging much higher compare to European and Asian countries.
My family is willing to switch one more time. Hopefully these 3 guys won’t become greedy too.
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“the real issue here is simply about compliance with the laws of our country.”
What a crock! This coming from an industry that for years told us the SAF was going to Ottawa! The same industry that has been stealing $150m a year in 911 fees without spending anything on triangulation systems that could save lives. Please crawl back to your hole.
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