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The CBC is reporting that Shaw has cancelled its plans for a nationwide cellular network, so the hopes of another new entrant into the Canadian wireless market are dashed. Citing $1B in capital expenditures and difficulty in competing with the incumbents, Shaw will forego its plans, and may decide to sell its wireless spectrum to [...]

Rumours abound that the new iPhone 5 (or 4S, depending on who you listen to) will have a unified baseband which will work on Sprint and T-Mobile’s networks in the US. I try to stay away from regurgitating rumours, but this has interesting implications for Canada. Sprint runs a WiMax 4G network which has very [...]

Wind Mobile has come to Vancouver, and while I was down at the event to take some pictures and talk to customers, I also had the chance to talk to some people from Wind, to ask them about their future plans for services and phones. I got to speak with Will Novosedlik, VP – Brand [...]

I made it down to the Wind Mobile launch day in Vancouver and spent some time talking with people in line waiting to get in the store, and also with some people from Wind. I managed to get quite a few questions answered. I showed up a little after the early birds as I wanted [...]

Has google finally closed the 403 area code loophole that has allowed some Canadians to forward google voice calls to their local Canadian numbers? From the comments on the Howto: Google Voice In Canada post: Is anyone else having similar issues? Update: Maybe it isn’t an issue. I just logged in to my google voice [...]

If there’s one thing that Wind Mobile has done consistently well, it’s take advantage of the web for communications between itself and its (potential) customers. And that continues today. In response to Mobilicity’s launch today, Globalive CEO Tony Lacavera made a post on the windmobile site. Most telling was this paragraph: With new competition emerging, [...]

Both the CBC and the Globe and Mail are carrying stories about the launch of Canada’s newest entrant into the cellular phone service industry, Mobilicity (formerly known as DAVE wireless). Similar to the first new entrant Wind Mobile, Mobilicity is offering no contract plans, something which consumers have wanted for some time. Mobilicity will be [...]

Skype has added a few Canadian area code numbers for its Skype-To-Go service. The area codes for now are 438, 514, 647, and 778 (so basically Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver). Skype-To-Go is a service whereby you can call a local number through your regular phone, which will allow you to use your cheap Skype long [...]

Earlier, I wrote a reaction piece to Apple’s announcement of the iPad. My reaction seemed to parallel many of the opinions out there: It does a few new things in kind of cool ways, but it’s not the revolutionary gizmo Steve Jobs made it out to be. With this article I’d like to add more [...]

Today, Apple officially announced it’s new device – the iPad. The hands-on reviews have yet to come in, but will undoubtedly be on any number of sites soon. What does the iPad mean to Canadian consumers, what is it good for, and what are the communication implications? This article will be divided into two parts: [...]