Dotmobile has first Canadian wholesale partner

TORONTO — Declaring itself as a full mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), Toronto’s dotmobile announced today it has landed its first wholesale network agreement with Iristel. With both companies focused on providing more competition in Canada’s wireless market (Iristel owns and operates the far north’s Ice Wireless), perhaps it was inevitable the two would team up in an attempt to further that. Owned by Data On Tap Inc., dotmobile is an independent wireless service provider hoping for access to multiple Canadian incumbent networks to complement its own cloud-based core network (designed and built by Norway’s Working Group Two). Along with...