MobileSyrup.com - Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews

“Totally unacceptable.” Lacavera on the CRTC

By Ian Hardy ⋅ November 3, 2009 ⋅ 36 comments

It’s been a few days now since Globalive was stunned by the CRTC’s decision that could possibly delay their wireless launch. Today I sat down with Tony Lacavera, Chairman of Globalive, to understand his next moves and what he has planned for those Canadians who were/are looking forward to WIND Mobile launching.
In the interview, [...]

Do you have $150 million to save Globalive?

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 2, 2009 ⋅ 9 comments

The Canadian wireless drama continues today as RBC Capital Markets analyst Jonathan Allen states that Gobalive could be saved and might launch before Christmas.
There are a few caveats though. The National Post reports that Allen “told clients that a full $300-million contribution would allow Orascom to convert all its loans to equity and stay under [...]

WIND Mobile CEO says “We are not deterred”

By Rob Avison ⋅ October 30, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

With the news that shocked the Canadian wireless world that the CRTC found Globalive (Wind Mobile) “does not meet Canadian ownership rules”… which will delay their launch, Ken Campbell has written a post on their website.
Titled “Competition Will Come” he states “We face a disappointing decision by the CRTC, one which has serious implications for [...]

Article roundup of the CRTC’s Globalive decision

By John Connors ⋅ October 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

If you are a film maker looking for a solid Canadian story…the Globalive saga would make for a great movie or documentary. Over the past few hours there has been some great articles about the situation and how the CRTC has stated that “Globalive does not meet Canadian ownership rules”.
Here are a few that are [...]

“Globalive does not meet Canadian ownership rules”

By Ian Hardy ⋅ October 29, 2009 ⋅ 62 comments

The CRTC just sent out a press release about Globalive foreign ownership and stated “Globalive does not meet Canadian ownership rules”. We caught up with Tony Lacavera, Chairman of Globalive tonight… check out the phone interview (make sure your volume is turned up though).
“The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission today determined that Globalive Wireless Management [...]

To WIND or not to WIND… that is the question of the day!

By Ian Hardy ⋅ October 29, 2009 ⋅ 14 comments

We wish Globalive all the best today as they find out from the CRTC if they have go-ahead to launch their much anticipated WIND Mobile brand.
We’ve been following the story ever since the AWS Spectrum auction started and believe Canadians want more choice when it comes to wireless. Remember what Jim Prentice said about the [...]

CRTC’s final decision on Globalive’s ownership hearings pushed to October 29th

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ October 17, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

For those who are anxiously waiting for a decision from the CRTC to see if Globalive will officially be able to launch their new network will have to wait a few more days. Originally the news was going to be communicated on October 23rd, but this has been moved to October 29th.
On the CRTC website [...]

Actors needed to launch “a new telecommunications company”

By John Connors ⋅ October 7, 2009 ⋅ One comment

We were sent a couple links by an “anonymous tipster” and it’s pretty intriguing.
The title reads “Actors Needed for Street Theatre – Unique Marketing Intitiative!!”. The job request is for both Toronto and Calgary and the description says “A new marketing campaign featuring high quality performances has been designed for the Launch of a new [...]

Interview with Tony Lacavera: “We are absolutely undeterred”

By Ian Hardy ⋅ October 2, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Coming off the last few days of being questioned from by the CRTC and the incumbents (TELUS, Bell and Rogers) about their equity, debt and who actually controls their organization, Chairman of Globalive (parent company of WIND Mobile) is as usual incredibly enthusiastic and very optimistic about the future.
We sat down with him this [...]

Audio: Closing statements of Gobalive’s ownership hearings

By Ian Hardy ⋅ October 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Globalive, TELUS, Rogers and Bell all represented themselves during the final day of hearings before the CRTC today at the inquest into Globalive’s foreign ownership. Audio statements are all below… we’ll get working on compiling some quotes from each carriers closing remarks.
The CRTC will announce their final decision if Globalive (Wind Mobile) will be given [...]

Search

Globalive News