Articles tagged with: Telus and Rogers

Text2Pay Announces Direct Billing with Canadian Mobile Networks

­Online mobile payments provider Text2Pay, has announced that Rogers, Bell, Fido and telus Canadian customers, can now use its mobile billing platform to pay for virtual goods and online content from participating merchants.  more

Related Tags: text2pay, bell, fido, Canada


Western Union Money Transfers Now Available Through Zoompass Mobile Wallet

EnStream - a mobile-commerce joint venture owned by Bell Canada, Rogers Communications and telus - has announced the commercial launch of a Western Union international money transfer service. The service was originally announced back in September.  more

Related Tags: bell-canada, enstream, western-union, telecom, mobile-wallet, globe, transact, 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, mobile-commerce, bell, interoperability, era, Canada


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 Orascom's network - scheduled for spring 2009 - will energise what is a decidedly sluggish market.  more

Related Tags: arpu, mts, bell, sasktel, bce, 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, siemens, infrastructure-sharing, bell-mobility, bell, 4g, globalive-communications, 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, bell-mobility, bell, sasktel, saskatchewan, manitoba, 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, siemens, apple-iphone, bell, Canada


Telus 2Q Net, Revenue Up On Stronger Wireless, Wireline Revenue

telus Corp. posted stronger earnings and revenue in its second quarter, driven by improvements in both wireless and wireline data revenue, leading it to nudge its revenue view for the year slightly higher.  more

Related Tags: thomson, arpu, hspa, compete, aws, billing, vancouver, rogers-communications, bce, auction, toronto, toronto, Canada


Rogers Communications 2Q Net Up; Sees Higher 2nd Half Wireless Costs

Rogers Communications posted higher second-quarter earnings in the absence of a large year-earlier charge, as revenue improved 12%. However, disappointing wireless and cable subscriber results prompted a decline in the company's stock price, particularly since there had been some market speculation ahead of the earnings announcement that the company would report strong result based on its recent track record.  more

Related Tags: thomson, arpu, apple, churn, auction, toronto, toronto, Canada


Initial Impact of 3G iPhone on BlackBerry Muted: UBS Report

TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Friday's launch of Apple's latest iPhone device had a "limited initial impact" on sales of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphone, according to a survey by UBS Investment Research.  more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, t-mobile, samsung, motorola, t-mobile-usa, t-mobile-usa, o2, blackberry, rim, sony, blackberry-bold, samsung-electronics, rogers-communications


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