I was a bit surprised to find this article in Canada’s Financial Post today:
“(regarding Bell Mobility)…Last week, Scotia Capital Markets analyst John Henderson wrote in a research note that he thinks BCE may be forced spend as much as $800-million more over the next two years to install GSM technology on top of its existing CDMA network and buy spectrum….
…”We believe the cost of not converting, particularly after phone numbers become portable in March, 2007, is a gradual erosion of their best customers (global roamers) to Rogers, not to mention growing disadvantages in handset costs and selection,” he said….
…Brian Sharwood, an analyst with Seaboard Group, said if a CDMA carrier is thinking about migrating to GSM, a good time to make a move will be when it starts to invest in high-speed, or 3G, networks. He said Telus is apparently further along in its review of GSM than Bell.”
It’s very encouraging to finally see someone publicly discussing this. More on the nuances of the Canadian mobile scene in this older post of mine.
[via Mark Evans]
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1 gabriel // Aug 17, 2006 at 11:37 pm
Canada - we are so behind and the gap is getting wider and wider.
Other countries, they have an advantage of jumping to the latest development.
No support either - I have been with FIDO for 8 years and when Rogers bought them and merge the networks, two of my mobiles became obsolete. Great service.
No real competition, no incentives to move forward.
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