Upstart wireless carrier Globalive Communications Corp said on Friday it is talking with a string of banks in the hopes of raising “several hundred million dollars” in debt so that it can kick its Canadian network expansion into high gear.

The parent company of new cellphone player Wind Mobile is in talks with Canadian, U.S. and international banks for several hundred million in new financing. Globalive chairman and CEO Anthony Lacavera says he’s hopeful he can bring some Canadian capital on board.

Globalive’s WIND Mobile, a company based in Canada that provides voice, text and data services, is reportedly launching a hiring campaign to recruit both full-time and part-time employees in the Ottawa area.

New cellphone company Wind Mobile is hiring full-time and part-time employees for its upcoming launch in Edmonton and Ottawa and expects to hire 600 employees in the next 12 months. Wind Mobile said Wednesday that it was looking for about 52 people in Edmonton and 38 in Ottawa for positions including store managers, assistant store managers and sales associates

Saying it will launch in both Edmonton and Ottawa next month, Wind Mobile, the country’s newest national wireless provider – announced today the launch of a hiring campaign to recruit both full-time and part-time employees in both cities. Available positions include: store managers, assistant store managers and sales associates. An open house session will take place at the Westgate Shopping Centre on Ottawa Thursday, January 21st, from 1 to 9 p.m.

Wind Mobile, the company that aims to be Canada’s fourth national wireless carrier, will be launching service in Ottawa and Edmonton as early as next month. The wireless company, which is owned by Toronto-based Globalive Communications, on Wednesday announced a hiring campaign in those two cities, with stores possibly opening in February.

Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek bought a handset shortly after it was released and signed up with a prepaid service. This allowed him some time to evaluate the phone’s hardware, touchscreen, user interface, processing and download speeds, as well as features and applications. He described his initial impressions as “very positive.”….Of course, he is used WIND Mobile and his impression again is “very positive.”

It was no surprise when Canada was left out of Google’s Nexus One phone launch. This nation is getting used to playing second fiddle (or third, or 85th) when it comes to getting the latest gadget. It’s probably for the best, since most Canadians probably couldn’t handle more excitement after finally getting their hands on an Amazon Kindle (albeit a crippled version of the e-reader).

Upstart Canadian wireless carrier Wind Mobile is trying to bring Google Inc.’s new Nexus One smart phone to Canada. “We’re trying,” Wind’s chief customer officer Chris Robbins said in an interview Thursday. “We’ve got a few calls into Google. Canada’s a small market to these guys. We’re not getting a lot of face time.”

WIND Mobile’s third-generation network is based on the same basic technology as Canada’s three incumbent carriers in Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. Yet its 3G devices run on a different frequency band called AWS (Advanced Wireless Services), also know in telecom circles as band 4. The Nexus One is designed to run on band 4, as well as bands 1 and 8.