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Changes at WIND

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:52:34 +0000

As most of you have come to know, we keep our community in the loop with changes at WIND Mobile, and today marks a change…

Globalive lawyer fends off attackers

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:08:25 +0000

It has been a hectic 18 months for Simon Lockie, chief legal officer of Globalive Communications Corp. The company has been at the centre of the telecommunications storm, as it seeks to build the country’s fourth national wireless carrier, WIND Mobile…

Canadian online video choices at risk, panel told

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:25:48 +0000

By Emily Chung, CBC News Greg O’Brien, editor of Cartt.ca (far left), moderated a panel on telecom regulation at the Canadian Telecom Summit Wednesday that included (left to right) Edward Antecol of Globalive, Mirko Bibic of Bell, Ken Engelhart of …

WIND Mobile Brings Wireless to Select Loblaw’s Locations

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:42:32 +0000

Over fifty Loblaw banner stores to carry WIND Mobile products at “The Mobile Shop”

Toronto – October 14, 2010 – The WIND experience will now be available to consumers while shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables at select Loblaw Company Limited (Loblaw) The Mobile Shop locations in WIND markets across the country.

“WIND is about giving customers choice and that is exactly what this partnership delivers,” said Ken Campbell, CEO of WIND Mobile. “At the heart of our business is the desire to make mobile service work for value-conscious Canadians. By offering our products in over fifty new locations across the country we are making it easier for everyone to access fairly priced mobile services.”

WIND Mobile will be available in newly launched The Mobile Shop displays across Loblaw banner stores in the Greater Toronto area, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. The Mobile Shop will allow Loblaw shoppers to enjoy the convenience of purchasing top up cards and buying mobile devices as they shop for their everyday necessities.

“We are always looking for ways to offer our customers a complete everyday shopping experience,” said Maria Forlini, Vice President, Telecom, Loblaw Companies Limited. “Offering WIND Mobile allows Loblaw to provide our customers with another great selection of value based products and services.”

Three WIND Mobile devices, the Huawei 1250, the Huawei 7519 and the Samsung Gravity 2 Blue, are now available in select Loblaw banner stores in convenient The Mobile Shop displays.

WIND Mobile will be holding launch celebrations including their popular fair priced $1 hotdogs, hourly handset giveaways at select Real Canadian Superstores™ in Calgary and Vancouver on October 16th in Edmonton on October 17th and at Loblaws™ in Ottawa on October 23rd. Proceeds of the $1 hotdog sales will go to the President’s Choice® Children’s Charity.

For more information about The Mobile Shop, please visit themobileshop.ca.

About WIND Mobile and Globalive Holdings
WIND Mobile provides voice, text and data services to Canadians on a next-generation wireless network and is committed to offering a level of wireless service presently not available in Canada. WIND Mobile is built on actual conversations that are happening with Canadians who are passionate about wireless and creating a better mobile offering nationally. For more information, please visit: www.WINDmobile.ca.
Globalive Holdings is a leading provider of telecommunications solutions in Canada and internationally to the consumer, business and hospitality markets. The Globalive companies include: WIND Mobile, Yak, OneConnect, Canopco and Globalive Carrier Services. For more information, please visit: www.globalive.com

About Loblaw Companies Limited
Loblaw Companies Limited, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, is Canada’s largest food distributor and a leading provider of drugstore, general merchandise and financial products and services. Loblaw is one of the largest private sector employers in Canada. With more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast to coast, Loblaw and its franchisees employ over 138,000 full-time and part-time employees. Through its portfolio of store formats, Loblaw is committed to providing Canadians with a wide, growing and successful range of products and services to meet the everyday household demands of Canadian consumers. Loblaw is known for the quality, innovation and value of its food offering. It offers Canada’s strongest control (private) label program, including the unique President’s Choice(R), no name(R) and Joe Fresh Style(R) brands. In addition, the Company makes available to consumers President’s Choice Financial(R) services and offers the PC(R) points loyalty program.

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For more information on WIND Mobile, please contact:

Micha Goddard
Narrative Advocacy Media
E: micha.goddard@narrativeadvocacy.com P: 416.922.2211 ext.3277

For further information on Loblaw Companies Limited, please contact:

Andrea De La Cuba
Cohn & Wolfe
416-924-5700 ext. 4071
andrea.delacuba@cohnwolfe.ca

The wireless battle for survival

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:36:41 +0000

As competition intensifies in Canada’s wireless market the three new entrants – Mobilicity, Wind Mobile and Public Mobile – have a long and complicated battle ahead of them. Not all are expected to survive, at least in their current form.

WIND Mobile leads the charge of new entrants in Canada

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:54:15 +0000

Several of the new Canadian mobile operators that acquired spectrum in the country’s 2008 auctions switched on their first mobile networks in the first half of the year and have reported early subscriber numbers. According to the latest Wireless Intelligence research, new market entrants WIND Mobile (Globalive), Public Mobile and Mobilicity have all launched services using the new spectrum so far this year, while Quebecor’s Videotron subsidiary and cable firm Shaw Communications are scheduled to launch soon. While the new players have yet to report significant customer numbers, Canada’s three incumbent operators – Rogers, Bell Mobility and Telus – are already developing counter strategies in response to the new competition.

The most significant new player is WIND Mobile, backed by Egypt’s Orascom Telecom, which holds spectrum covering every part of the country with the exception of Quebec. WIND switched on its first services in Toronto in December 2009, and has subsequently launched in Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver. The operator is expected to publish subscriber numbers on 12 August and – following some bullish recent comments from its chairman – it is thought that WIND will have hit the 100,000 connections mark by early July. This would give the new operator almost a 0.5 percent share of the total Canadian mobile market, according to our data (see table). WIND is targeting 1.5 million subscribers within three years from launch with a long-term target of 3.5 million

Startup Wind Mobile has 100,000 subscribers: Analyst

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:47:23 +0000

Wind is showing ‘encouraging’ signs, says Wireless Intelligence, while Mobilicity and Public Mobile have modest sales. However, another analyst says those two startups are doing better.

Wireless startup Wind Mobile has signed up about 100,000 subscribers in just under seven months of operations, an industry analyst estimates, suggesting early teething problems haven’t hindered its debut.

“It’s expected they crossed the 100,000 mark some point around the beginning of July, maybe the first week or two,” said Will Croft, an analyst with British-based Wireless Intelligence, which tracks wireless carriers around the world. It is also a unit of the GSM Association, an industry group for carriers using the GSM/HSPA wireless standard.

VIDEO: Wind Mobile blows hot over Rogers’ Chatr

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:05:40 +0000

At the rate that Canadian mobile wireless service providers are popping up and offering new deals to consumers, you’d think the battle to bend the ears of cell phone users – and open their wallets – has gone to the dogs.

Well, hotdogs at least, in the case of major wireless company Rogers Communications Inc. and Egyptian-backed upstart Wind Mobile of Toronto.

People You Should Know: Anthony Lacavera

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:57:10 +0000

This week’s person to know is Anthony Lacavera, the Chairman of WIND Mobile.

What’s next in store for WIND?

WIND will continue to rally for increased wireless competition in Canada and are doing everything we can to give Canadians the kind of wireless service they want and deserve. We recently launched in Vancouver and we will continue to build out the network in each of our Home Zones. Right now our goal is to strengthen our existing network so we’re adding towers everyday.

‘Bloodbath’ expected in wireless sector

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:42:25 +0000

Back-to-school season is the new Christmas for Canada’s cellphone providers, but although this September will see plenty of giving and receiving, no one expects the affair to be festive.

The wireless industry is preparing for its most disruptive back-to-school period ever as companies prepare to defend their existing bases of cellphone customers and win new ones during the industry’s most crucial sales season. The mayhem has already started and, especially at the low-priced end of the market, it is only going to intensify.

“It’s ‘go’ time now,” said Ken Campbell, Wind Mobile’s chief executive officer. “We’ll see where the dust settles.”