Globalive's structural changes not enough to make it Canadian, say incumbents

GATINEAU – The fact that Globalive Wireless has altered its governance structure to mitigate CRTC concerns is just distracting everyone from the fact that its purse strings are tightly held outside of Canada.And that means it can’t be a Canadian telecom operator, the three Canadian wireless incumbents told the Commission this morning.During the final day into a hearing that began last week over the proposed structure of Globalive Wireless (which intends to come to market before year-end under the Wind brand name), representatives from Bell Canada, Telus and Rogers each played different verses of the same tune: Globalive is not...