First Cantel CEO, George Fierheller, dies

TORONTO – Long time Canadian cable executive – and the first CEO of what is now Rogers Wireless – George Fierheller, died last week. He was 86. While still chair of Rogers Cable-owned Canadian Cablesystems in 1983, Fierheller led a team backed by investors Philippe de Gaspe Beaubien, Sam Belzberg, and Ted Rogers to win cellular spectrum from the federal government – the first made available for mobile wireless voice services for consumers. Fierheller then became the first president and CEO of Cantel after gaining the spectrum licences, staying from the beginning (it officially launched service in 1985) until 1993....