Wind Mobile is preparing to court Canadian businesses as it moves into the next phase of its push to become a fourth national wireless carrier, Anthony Lacavera, Wind’s chairman and CEO, told The Wire Report this week. “We’re definitely entering the small business market. We’re soft-launching already and we’re going to do a more fulsome launch in the fall,” Lacavera said in a telephone interview Monday. “We’re already starting to sell...
Broadcasters and telecom providers will watch upcoming CRTC decisions for any indications of what direction its new chair will take towards industry regulation, industry insiders told The Wire Report on Monday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office announced Friday that senior public servant Jean-Pierre Blais will become the CRTC’s new chair effective June 18 and for a five-year term. A former assistant deputy minister of cultural affairs at the Heritage Department, and, until...
Globalive Wireless Management Corp. is asking the CRTC to wade into a dispute with the City of Vancouver and Telus Corp. over whether the startup company can offer mobile wireless services in...