New entrants to capture over 10% of wireless market by 2014, adding more than 1.5 million subs

TORONTO - By the end of 2014 the new Canadian mobile providers will nearly double their total subscriber base to 3.2 million, or a 4% increase in market share compared to the 1.73 million base they should reach by this year’s end. This according to a 102-page report entitled Canadian Wireless: Assessing the Impact of New Entrants by the Convergence Consulting Group. The report however cautions that the “outcome of the 700 MHz auction, Shaw’s potential wireless entry, the possible merger or sale of certain new entrants, are all pivotal variables.” Driving this growth is how new entrants can undercut...