2008-05-27
If Globalive Communications Corp. snaps up wireless airwaves in an auction that begins today, it will prop the door open and let others enter the cellphone market as well.
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2008-05-27
With one hand holding a pricey cellphone bill and another tied to a three-year contact, Canadians could soon be getting some relief as Industry Canada`s wireless spectrum auction begins today.
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2008-05-26
With one hand holding a pricey cellphone bill and another tied to a three-year contact, Canadians could soon be getting some relief as Industry Canada`s wireless spectrum auction begins Tuesday.
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2008-04-28
Article from The Globe and Mail - A special national report for the Great Place to Work Institute Canada
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2008-04-01
But like any good Canadian boy, O`Connor wanted to return home. And thanks to a friend of a friend, O`Connor met 34-year-old Anthony Lacavera, who hails from Welland Ont., and is best known as chief executive of Globalive Communications. That private company owns Yak Communications, which offers home phones, long distance, high-speed Internet, calling cards and cellular long distance to residential consumers across Canada. It has a million customers and annual revenue of more than $125-million.
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2008-03-28
The chief executive officer of Globalive Communications Corp. has entered his company, best known for its Yak long-distance calling service, in the race for new wireless spectrum that will be auctioned off in May.
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2008-03-18
U.S. investors are sizing up the next frontier in the North American cellphone industry – and they`re looking to Canada.
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2008-02-12
More choice for cellphone users? Hello. It`s certainly something Anthony Lacavera, founder, chairman and CEO of Globalive Communications Corp., is pushing for and looking forward to. The new wireless auction slated for May will make room for regional players such as Yak Communications, Globalive`s latest acquisition.
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2008-01-12
Debt-rating agency DBRS doesn`t expect Canada`s three wireless giants to suffer near- or medium-term credit woes if smaller regional players enter the cellphone market.
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2007-12-05
The CRTC is reviewing a new fee Telus added to local phone bills after rival Yak Communications filed a formal request to investigate the matter. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission has also received complaints from 428 B.C. residents since the $2.95 charge was added to phone bills last month.
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2007-12-04
Yak Communications (Canada) Corp. says it`s asking the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to remove a long-distance access fee recently introduced by Telus Corp.
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2007-12-04
Canadian long-distance provider Yak Communications (Canada) Corp. said yesterday that it has filed an application with the federal telecommunications regulator in a bid to stop rival Telus Corp. from charging new long-distance fees. Telus local telephone customers who aren`t on long-distance plans, including Yak`s dial-around clients, started paying a fee of $2.95 a month recently.
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2007-12-02
From farm-product marketing boards to constraints on importing cars from the United States, Canada can sometimes feel like one big conspiracy against consumers. Special-interest groups and their lobbyists often seem to end up getting their way.
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2007-11-30
Shares of Rogers Communications Inc. were hit by the sharpest decline in five years yesterday, dropping 10% on news that a raft of would-be competitors will challenge the company`s dominance in the wireless business that accounts for more than half its revenue.
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2007-11-30
As new competition shakes up the wireless telecommunications market in the next couple of years, Canadians can expect to shrug off the burden of binding contracts with high fees, hidden costs and roaming charges, and pay lower prices for a greater array of options and services.
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2007-11-29
On Thursday, Yak Communications (Canada) Corp., a relatively small player in Canada`s phone industry, said it`s preparing to join the bidding process.
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2007-11-29
Canada`s three wireless giants were pummelled at the Toronto stock market on Thursday after the federal government made a decision a day earlier to open the possibility of greater competition from smaller regional players.
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2007-11-06
Long-distance discounter Yak Communications launched a nationwide home phone and Internet service promising straightforward pricing plans.
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2007-11-06
Yak Communications -- best known for its cheap dial-around long distance rates -- yesterday launched a new fully-loaded home-phone service that it promises will stay at a flat $34.95 a month.
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2006-05-30
Innovator starts communications company.
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