Globalive calls for Canada to ease funding rules

Canadian operator Globalive said that Canadian mobile operators should be able to access foreign capital, in order to enable new players to participate effectively in a forthcoming 4G spectrum auction.

Report: Canada preparing for spectrum auction

The Canadian authorities are set to auction two blocks of spectrum “once potential bidders have the available cash and foreign funding issues are clarified”, according to a Reuters report.

Globalive confident it will be sole new Canadian op

New Canadian operator Globalive – backed by Egypt’s Orascom and trading under the Wind Mobile brand – believes it will be the sole challenger to the country’s incumbent operators and could even acquire fellow rival start-ups.

Canadas Wind in funding talks with banks

New Canadian operator Globalive – backed by Egypt’s Orascom and trading under the Wind Mobile brand – is in talks with banks to raise money for expansion in an apparent effort to reduce reliance on billionaire Naguib Sawiris.

New Canadian operator to launch mid-May

New Canadian hopeful Public Mobile plans to launch services in Toronto and Montreal in mid-May and has already opened 25 stores in the cities.

New Canadian operator to launch in Spring, rebrands as Mobilicity

Canadian mobile start-up operator DAVE Wireless yesterday announced plans to launch in Toronto this spring via new brand name Mobilicity.

Public Mobile asks govt to overturn Globalive decision

Canadian mobile startup Public Mobile has asked the Federal Court to overturn a cabinet decision that allowed Globalive Wireless Management to launch Wind Mobile with foreign financial backing in December, the Globe and Mail reports.