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Industry Minister seeked “further comments” from industry players to resolve Globalive issue
The Globalive/WIND foreign ownership story is continuing in a script manner. Honestly if you are a Canadian screenwriter and want to make a documentary this is one to seriously think about. Since the CRTC stalled them from launching, Industry Minister Tony Clement has stepped in to review the situation. According to The Globe, he sent [...]
“Totally unacceptable.” Lacavera on the CRTC
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?
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 [...]
WIND Mobile CEO says “We are not deterred”
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 [...]
Article roundup of the CRTC’s Globalive decision
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 [...]
TELUS: “We don’t think the CRTC had any choice”
It was back in April that TELUS asked the CRTC to look into the foreign ownership of Globalive. It was Michael Hennessy, TELUS senior vice-president of Regulatory and Government Affairs for Telus who said “In Telus’s view, a more fulsome and transparent review is required in order to ensure that all similarly situated carriers are [...]
“Globalive does not meet Canadian ownership rules”
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 [...]
To WIND or not to WIND… that is the question of the day!
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 [...]
CRTC’s final decision on Globalive’s ownership hearings pushed to October 29th
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 [...]
WIND Mobile reponds to leaked launch info: “not fully accurate”
A couple days ago the interwebs went wild from rumours of another leaked WIND Mobile (Globalive) lineup and launch plans. This time we heard such devices included the BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Snap & Huawei U8220. In addition, the rumour stated that WIND will have No contracts, No System Access Fee, No Caller ID or [...]
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