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Articles tagged with: Telus and Manitoba
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, bell, sasktel, saskatchewan, Canada
Spectrum auction to liven up Canadian mobile market – we hope
Canada's mobile spectrum auction is now underway with results due in a few weeks' time. The government has set aside 40MHz for new entrants in order to stimulate competition, and judging from the latest results, this is a much-needed move. more
Related Tags: arpu, rogers, bell, sasktel, auction, true, Canada
Bell Mobility, TELUS and MTS Canada Q1 2008 Results
Along with Rogers, Bell and telus are the only national operators in Canada; MTS offers services in Manitoba state only. The three national operators remained fairly close in terms of customer numbers with 1.92m separating them at the end of Q1 08. This has changed little in the past three years, with a total range of 1.67m at the end of Q1 05, 1.72m at the end of Q1 06 and 1.87m a year later. more
Related Tags: arpu, mts, rogers, bell, Canada
Cross border SMS for the Americas
The Canadian and U.S. wireless industry associations - the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) and the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) - have launched cross-border inter-carrier text messaging services, enabling wireless phone customers to exchange text messages between U.S. national wireless service providers and the major Canadian wireless service providers. more
Related Tags: at&t-wireless, rogers, sasktel, borders
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