Satellite unit slated for billion-dollar IPO in fall; Teachers was among bidders ...Read the full article
This conversation is closed
- Skip to the latest comment
-
Michael Richardson from Montreal, Canada writes: I don't see the great vision of Micheal Sabia. Is it to take BCE and make a fire sale of the whole thing? All I see is declining profits and no new avenues for growth. Staying with the cellular phone business, satelitte TV and High-speed Internet. If that's the case, what does he see as his great growth story. As far as I can see, those markets are saturated with competitors as it is and about as many poeple have a Cellular phone today as are going to have a cellular phone tommorrow. Meanwhile initiatives like GSM, global access to coverage and wireless multimedia capability, are the new frontiers of media services. These would require a capable satellite network, why does BCE want to sell Telesat, it's a growth business? Perhaps one of the only ones it has left.
- Posted 29/08/06 at 8:23 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
-
Mr Fijne from Calgary, Canada writes: BCE/telesat/Dishnetwork/ exclusive rights to braodcast al-jazeera in North America... is that enough to be alter the Globe and Mail content when it comes to Muslim affairs...?
- Posted 29/08/06 at 11:25 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
Comments are closed
Thanks for your interest in commenting on this article, however we are no longer accepting submissions. If you would like, you may send a letter to the editor.
Report an abusive comment to our editorial staff
close
Alert us about this comment
Please let us know if this reader’s comment breaks the editor's rules and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem.
Do not use this to complain about comments that don’t break the rules, for example those comments that you disagree with or contain spelling errors or multiple postings.
