Cable / Telecom News

Hold the phone! Please, any phone

TORONTO – On the same day when nearly $4.3 billion was bid by Canadian companies vying to cash in on new wireless spectrum licenses, there’s sobering new research to indicate that selling more cellphones will take a lot more than just better bundling. In fact, when it comes to owning and using mobile phones, Canada lags behind many nations, including several in the developing world according to research conducted by international market research firm TNS. Its Global Telecoms Insight study found that only two-thirds of the Canadian population between the ages of 16 and 60 use a mobile phone on a...