Canada
Industry
BMI's long-held view that the introduction of competition would do little to upset the status quo in Canada's mature mobile market continues to play out. Reportedly, the most successful...
2013-03-22Industry
The Canadian industry minister has urged foreign telecoms companies to invest more money into the mobile sector to encourage greater competition in the market among the smaller players....
2013-02-28Industry
Wind Mobile has become Canada's fifth-largest mobile network operator in terms of subscriber numbers, passing the 0.5mn mark in early September 2012 and finishing Q312 with a total...
2012-11-15Industry
Orascom Telecom has acquired additional voting shares in its Canadian subsidiary Wind Mobile after ownership rules were changed by the government. Operators with less than 10% market...
2012-10-24Industry
Research In Motion (RIM), the Canada-based developer and manufacturer of messaging solutions and services - and manufacturer of the popular Blackberry smartphone - has confirmed that...
2012-08-15Industry
On March 19 Bell Canada revealed plans to acquire Astral Media for CAD3.38bn. The transaction will see Bell take ownership of 100% of Astral's non-voting shares at nearly a 40% premium...
2012-03-20Industry
The Canadian government has announced plans to loosen restrictions on foreign investment in the telecoms sector. This will mean that foreign firms can take up to 100% control of carriers...
2012-03-15Industry
While it claimed to have exceeded all its financial targets in Q411, Bell Aliant continues to experience problems, reporting declines in year-on-year revenues to CAD701mn. While analyst...
2012-02-09
