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MTS looks a lot more enticing after shedding Allstream
The odds rise that Manitoba Telecom Services will be taken over
May 24, 2013
Manitoba Tel agrees to sell Allstream to Egyptian billionaire
$520-million deal by Naguib Sawiris’s Accelero Capital Holdings seen as likely first step in larger plan to create new telecom player
May 24, 2013
Telus-Mobilicity deal still faces hurdles
A hearing for court approval is set for Tuesday, but Industry Minister Christian Paradis has yet to rule on the acquisition
May 23, 2013
How Ottawa's plan to foster wireless competition sank
How Ottawa’s grand plan to make the country a hotbed of telecommunications competition was derailed by weak policies, overly optimistic new entrants and complacent consumers
May 18, 2013
How Quebecor’s unit attained wireless success
Along with managing to get Ottawa to set aside spectrum for its Vidéotron unit, the company had the ability to bundle cable and Internet with its wireless offering
May 17, 2013
Telus deal for Mobilicity puts Ottawa's wireless plans in a bind
As independent upstarts fail, federal government wrestles with what to do with its faltering wireless policy
May 16, 2013
How four wireless players are manoeuvring for advantage
With upstart carriers in play, the incumbents and a hedge fund seek traction
May 16, 2013
Wind Mobile buyer keeps its ‘options open’
VimpelCom still waiting for green light from regulators on pair of deals to strengthen its ownership of mobile carrier
May 15, 2013
Ottawa’s auction rules put wireless upstarts in tight spot
If companies bid on spectrum, they are prohibited from discussing a potential sale or merger – leaving struggling firms in limbo
May 15, 2013
Big telcos ‘hoarding’ spectrum, Internet service providers complain
Bridging the urban-rural digital divide
May 12, 2013
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Rita Trichur is a telecom reporter in the Report on Business and writes about a variety of topics ranging from manufacturing to maple syrup.
Rita Trichur writes about the telecommunications industry for the Report on Business, but has previously covered a variety of other topics ranging from manufacturing to maple syrup. She joined the Globe in late 2010 after spending three-and-a-half years as a financial services and economics reporter at the Toronto Star. Prior to that, she did a six-year stint as a reporter-editor at The Canadian Press and spent three years in a variety of positions at the Ottawa Sun. Rita has a Bachelor of Journalism and Political Science and a Masters of Arts in Canadian Studies - both from Carleton University. Her love of journalism, however, began at age six when she earned $10 for writing a short story for the Star.
