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Articles tagged with: Telus and Bell
Telus Confirms Launch Date for HSPA+ Upgrade
Canada's telus has announced that it will launch its HSPA+ network upgrade next week - on 5th November, 2009. The network will offer a theoretical peak rate of up to 21 megabits per second. more
Related Tags: bell-canada, hspa+, hapa-evolution, sierra-wireless, three, Canada
New Mobile Payment Service Launched in Canada
Canadian mobile payment vendor, EnStream has launched a money transfer service, Zoompass that gives customers a fast and convenient way to send and receive money securely using their mobile phone. EnStream is jointly owned by Bell Canada, Rogers and telus - Canada's three leading wireless operators. more
Related Tags: enstream, mobile-banking, bell--canada, rogers, mobile-commerce, interoperability, Canada
Canada Sees Lowest 4th-Quarter Gain Since 1997
Despite the fact that the Canadian mobile market is probably the least developed in the Western world, with a penetration rate of just 63.9% at the end of 2008, it performed poorly in the fourth quarter of the year. Quarterly net additions stood at just under 410k, down from 580k in Q4 07. In fact, this was the smallest fourth-quarter gain since 1997. More worryingly still, this was the first year since 1990 that fourth-quarter net additions were not the highest of the year: the Q3 08 increase was more than 27% higher than the Q4 08 figure at 520k. more
Related Tags: arpu, itu, mts, ovi, orascom, Canada
Huawei Launches World's First Unified LTE Solution
Huawei has demonstrated the world's first unified frequency-division duplex and time-division duplex (FDD/TDD) long-term evolution (LTE) solution. Huawei says that the new unified FDD/TDD LTE solution enables more efficient utilization of spectrum resources and helps operators deliver mobile broadband networks at a significantly reduced cost. more
Related Tags: sim, huawei, teliasonera, lte, hspa, mobile-broadband
Rogers Leads for Canadian Quarterly Net Subscriber Growth
The Canadian mobile connection market stood at 21.25m at the end of Q3 08, equivalent to a penetration rate of 63.0%. Annual growth has been stable at between 8.2% and 9.0% for the past five quarters and the Q3 08 figure of 8.7% was exactly the same as the year-earlier figure, although given the low penetration level this is not exactly an impressive performance. Perhaps the launch of OrascomÃ's network - scheduled for spring 2009 - will energise what is a decidedly sluggish market. more
Related Tags: arpu, mts, rogers, sasktel, Canada
Canadian Operators Switch to WCDMA - Plan LTE Rollout
Canada's two CDMA operators, telus and Bell have confirmed recent rumours and jointly announced plans to build a WCDMA based overlay on their existing networks. The companies also confirmed a long-term migration path to LTE based services. more
Related Tags: wcdma, huawei, hspa, rogers-wireless, cdma, lte, nokia-siemens-networks, chief-technology-officer, rogers, siemens, infrastructure-sharing, bell-mobility, 4g, Canada
Supreme Court Upholds Canadian Ringtone Royalty Payments
Canada's Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal against a court case which requires ringtone sellers to make back-payments for ringtones sold between 2003-05. The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) wanted to appeal a Federal Court decision which had approved the royalty payments. more
Related Tags: ringtone, supreme-court, ringtones, Canada
Canada's Mobile Penetration Rate Rises to 61.6%
The Canadian mobile market had another quiet quarter, as operators prepared for the 2GHz spectrum auction. This saw most of the available bandwidth going to the three large players, Rogers, Bell and telus, but no fewer than 12 new entrants acquired licences. In total, the aution raised CA$4.25bn. The new entrants include 9193-2962 Quebec Inc (CA$554m, for Quebec), Globalive Wireless, which paid CA$442m for a national licence, Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises which won licences for Ontario, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Victoria at a cost of CA$243m and Shaw Communications, which paid CA$190m for spectrum in British Colombia, Alberta, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and northern Ontario. more
Related Tags: arpu, rsa, mts, rogers, bell-mobility, sasktel, Canada
Canada's Two CDMA Networks Planning a Migration to WCDMA
Two of Canada's mobile network operators, Bell and telus are reported to be planning a joint network upgrade which would allow them to offer services based on a WCDMA platform. Both companies currently operate a CDMA network and there have been rumours for the past few months that both were individually looking at a migration to WCDMA. more
Related Tags: roaming, wcdma, apple, core-network, rogers-wireless, cdma, nokia-siemens-networks, compete, rogers, siemens, apple-iphone, Canada
Canada Industry Min: Switch Cos if Unhappy With Cell Fee Plan
OTTAWA -(Dow Jones)- Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice Friday said customers disgruntled over the decision by two cell-phone companies to charge for incoming text messages should look for alternative service providers. more
Related Tags: spam, text-messages, bell-mobility, Canada