These ads by Clean Sheet Communications for Wind Mobile might have taken on a whole new meaning this week after a report from SeaBoard Group slammed the upstart cell provider owned by Globalive Communications Corp. for a hasty launch, spotty network deployment and weak wireless coverage. Is the marketing effort full of hot air? The Ad Missions panel takes a look.

Travel may broaden the mind and rejuvenate the spirit but it can also pump up your smartphone bill to pretty unhealthy levels.
Watching video on the beach, downloading documents at foreign airports or emailing friends about all the fun you’re having at exotic locales can mean huge charges on your bill, unless your plan specifically covers out-of-country use.

Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement said he’s confident the governing Conservative Party’s plans to open up the country’s telecommunications industry to foreign competition will get support from opposition lawmakers.

Anthony Lacavera discusses the Canadian wireless industry with The Mark.

Less than three months after playing an integral part in Wind Mobile’s launch as a mobile service provider, Chris Robbins, chief customer officer, has left the company.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, outlining his agenda in Parliament, pledged to “lead” global efforts to rein in stimulus spending, and promote growth by opening the country’s phone and uranium industries to foreign investors.

Wind Mobile isn’t full of hot air when it says it values the power of conversation. It’s made that the central pillar in the design of its retail stores.

One of the advantages WIND Mobile has over other new carriers is the ability to bundle cellular services with the parent company’s Yak brand of home phone and Internet offerings. And the company is doing just that.

One of the advantages WIND Mobile has over other new carriers is the ability to bundle cellular services with the parent company’s Yak brand of home phone and Internet offerings. And the company is doing just that.

This might be Foreign Carrier Control Review Week. That’s because some six weeks after the federal cabinet chucked the CRTC’s Globalive Wireless ruling in the Rideau, we may actually hear from Parliament on the worth of the foreign control provisions of the Telecommunications Act . For those who don’t recall, cabinet said the telecom regulator was wrong to conclude that Globalive Wireless Management Corp. is controlled by Orascom Telecom S.A.E. But, cabinet added, the ruling shouldn’t be seen as a precedent for other companies hoping to structure themselves like Globalive.