Articles tagged with: Orascom Telecom and Canadian Radio Television Telecommunications Commission

Canada's Newest Mobile Network, Globalive Not Sufficiently Canadian

­The controversy over the ownership of Canada's newest mobile network operator, Globalive Wireless has heated up after the Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced that it feels that Globalive does not meet the Canadian ownership requirements set out in the Telecommunications Act. Under the legislation, a telecommunications company is only eligible to operate in Canada if it is not at any time owned and controlled, in law and in fact, by non-Canadians.  more

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Globalive Wireless Revamps Shareholder Structure Following Concerns over Ownership

­The increasingly controversial finances behind Canadian new entrant, Globalive Wireless has driven the company to revamp its business structure. Globalive Wireless said that it had taken the actions to address concerns of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).  more

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Canadian Operator Quizzed Over Egyptian Shareholding

­Canada's new mobile network license holder, Globalive Communications has updated its shareholder structure as an investigation commenced to verify that the company is majority owned by Canadian nationals. The company has been under the spotlight over its shareholder structure after claims that Egypt based Orascom Telecom had a majority stake in the firm.  more

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