CRTC says TNW Wireless can operate as a wireless carrier, but its iPCS service ineligible for wholesale roaming tariffs

OTTAWA – TNW Wireless Inc. is eligible to operate as a wireless carrier in Canada and may begin offering mobile wireless services after it proves that it has complied with all applicable 9-1-1 service obligations, said the CRTC in a decision late Thursday.The decision also means that TNW now has access to tariffed services for wholesale mobile roaming on Bell’s and Telus’ networks, something that it had asked the CRTC to help it obtain back in July 2017.However, the decision also found that the company’s proposed iPCS (Internet personal communications system) service does not comply with the Commission’s framework for mandated...