Public Mobile may appeal Globalive ruling to Supreme Court

TORONTO – Confusion over foreign ownership in the telecom sector still exists, and at least one provider hopes to force the country’s highest court to set the record straight.According to a report in the Globe and Mail, Public Mobile plans to appeal Wednesday’s federal court ruling that its rival Globalive is a Canadian owned and controlled company. “I challenge anyone to crisply articulate for me what the current situation actually is,” Bob Boron, chief regulatory officer for Public Mobile, is quoted as saying in the report.But according to some observers, Public Mobile’s attempt to take the case further is futile, given...