Matthew Burpee

One can’t help but quietly root for Globalive and WIND management this Fall. First they embrace online community and appear to listen to Canadians as their brand. Second, they might just offer better service, price, and choice. And now rather than lay-off their employees after being put on indefinite hold by the CRTC they have them donate their time to local community services. Here’s four photos from Antony Lacavera’s, Chairman and CEO of Globalive, talk at Mobile Monday Toronto. Twitter comments from attendees are at: #momoto.

The Fun Stuff. “Unlimited plans, no contracts, no hidden fees, no catches”. They will offer the latest from Blackberry and many others but the iPhone is not on the AWS standard yet.

Local Duopolies: Wireless Carrier Concentration by Province 2006.
Quebec has the lowest two-firm concentration ratio.
I wonder why each of the colours chosen for the carriers is different from their brands.

Snapshot of the Road to Today.

Tony Lacavera seems quite well rounded.