WIND Mobile’s parent company, Globalive Wireless Management, is looking to expand its network by partnering with regional telecommunications and cable companies. It is already talking to a number of regional players about agreements to share networks, sites and marketing for its WIND Mobile brand.
In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Tony Lacavera, Globalive’s chairman and chief executive officer, said, “It’s never been more clear that new entrants have to work together. We can’t get enough spectrum in the next auction, so we have to find ways to partner.”
Canada has a number of smaller regional operators that could help WIND Mobile expand its network. Among those are EastLink in the Maritimes, Vidéotron in Quebec and Shaw Communications in the West.
Lacavera also did not exclude wireless outright spectrum purchases from other new entrants in a bid to secure more spectrum.
WIND Mobile now has over 430,000 subscribers. It operates in 12 Canadian markets and has plans to continue expansion in 2012. It had been rumoured to be looking to acquire Mobilicity late last year.
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