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Move quickly on spectrum for 5G, Canadian gov’t told
| 11/22/2019 3:25 pm EST
OTTAWA — A panel of international spectrum policy experts and industry representatives gathered in Ottawa Thursday said the Canadian government should make more spectrum available and reconsider set-asides for auctions.
They were responding to a question posed by...
Dirk Woessner leaving Rogers
telecom | 07/18/2017 5:34 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s president of consumer business, Dirk Woessner, is leaving the company and is headed back to Deutsche Telekom AG (DT).
A Rogers spokesperson confirmed in an email that Woessner will leave the company at the end of November and that Rogers is searching for a successor. It was only last month that Rogers said Woessner would take over its expanded consumer unit.
"This is a great opportunity for Dirk to return home to Germany and take on an expanded role. He has made tremendous contributions...
Bell to be part of M2M demo at Mobile World Congress
Media | 02/18/2015 4:23 pm EST
BCE Inc. will be among an international coalition of six telecommunications service providers demonstrating what it called a "revolutionary" new integrated platform for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications at next...
T-Mobile ‘un-carrier’ approach unsustainable: owner
telecom | 01/19/2015 7:40 pm EST
Deutsche Telekom AG CEO Tim Hoettges said in an interview published by American technology website Re/Code on Monday that T-Mobile US Inc., of which it is part-owner, needs to change its approach in order to build a sustainable business. “The question is always the economics in the long term … and earning...
Rogers appoints Dirk Woessner to head consumer division
Media | 01/19/2015 6:05 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Monday that Dirk Woessner, formerly of Deutsche Telekom AG, has been appointed to head the consumer side of its business. Rogers CEO Guy Laurence reorganized the...
Carriers finally have ‘will’ for VoLTE: analyst
telecom | 06/23/2014 6:26 pm EDT
After years of dragging their feet, carriers finally have “the will” to adopt the latest in wireless technology that will allow them to ditch their old networks once and for all, according to Nordicity analyst Stephan...
Sprint gets bank advice on buying T-Mobile: WSJ
telecom | 01/17/2014 5:03 pm EST
Sprint Corp. has received advice from at least two different banks on how to finance a buyout of T-Mobile US Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, quoting two anonymous sources. While one source said that the terms of any bid have not been finalized, both sources said the anticipated acquisition attempt would value T-Mobile at about $50 billion US, which would include absorbing about $20 billion US in debt. Sprint is majority owned by SoftBank Corp. of Japan, while T-Mobile’s majority shareholder is Deutsche Telekom AG of Germany. The article quoted a source as saying both...