Industry Minister Tony Clement says he will review a CRTC decision that prevents new national cellphone company Globalive from launching its service.

Industry Minister Tony Clement plans to review a controversial regulatory decision that has stalled Globalive Wireless Management Corp.’s plans to establish a fourth Canadian cellphone carrier, but has yet to decide if the matter should be referred to cabinet.

Industry Canada says it will review a CRTC decision preventing Globalive from setting up shop as Canada’s fourth national cellphone company.

There are good reasons why the Government and regulator in Canada want to introduce more effective competition into the country’s mobile market. But Canadian incumbents, like all incumbents, are determined and innovative in finding arguments and ways and means to inhibit and delay entrants who may disturb their existing profitable arrangements.

Startup wireless carrier Globalive plans to approach the Canadian federal cabinet to directly appeal against a Thursday regulatory ruling that says the company does not comply with Canada’s foreign ownership regulations, the Globe and Mail newspaper said, citing sources in Ottawa.

Startup wireless carrier Globalive plans to approach the Canadian federal cabinet to directly appeal against a Thursday regulatory ruling that says the company does not comply with Canada’s foreign ownership regulations, the Globe and Mail newspaper said, citing sources in Ottawa.

A Canadian regulator ruled that Globalive Wireless Management, the highest bidder in a wireless auction last year, doesn’t meet the nation’s ownership rules and can’t start a phone service to compete with rivals including Rogers Communications Inc.

You can’t get much more Canadian than Winnipeg. It’s smack-dab in the centre of the country, it gave us Burton Cummings, and it’s home to Manitoba Telecom Services, the company that just might solve a thorny Canadian content problem for Globealive.

Canada’s telecom regulator said Thursday that startup wireless carrier Globalive does not comply with Canada’s ownership standards because it is majority funded and controlled by Orascom, an Egyptian telecom company.

The CRTC has decided that Toronto-based Globalive isn’t Canadian enough to compete as a new national cellphone company.