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Canadian Wireless Broadband
By Mark Evans | March 28, 2005
So riddle me this - what's BCE Inc.'s wireless broadband strategy?
First, BCE takes a stake Inukshuk Internet by recently buying a piece of Craig McCaw's NR Communications holding company - a move that pissed off Rogers Communications, which owns the other 50% of Inukshuk. Today, Telesat - which is wholly owned by BCE - signs a multi-year distribution deal with Barrett Xplore Inc. to deliver broadband service to rural and remote Canadians. The service will be carried on Telesat's Anik F2 satellite, which rides on the Ka-frequency and provides “cost-effective, two-way broadband services”. You get the feeling BCE is trying to cover all of its wireless broadband bases? I wonder how Ted Rogers feels now given BCE slid in through the back door on Inukshuk, and through the front door with Telesat. There has to be some happy lawyers looking at a lot of billable hours.
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