Comments on: Telus and Bell looking enter Canadian GSM market?

By: Case

Case — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:26:42 +0000

Hmm, im hoping that GSM will be available soon enough with Bell, i just bought a blackberry that is GSM only compatible, and just now found out that bell is CDMA only. so now im in a bit of tug -o -war…i have no clue whether to buy the handset anyway and wait till bell gets in the GSM game, or to just forget it…

honestly i didnt know what all this GSM and CDMA buisiness was till 1hr ago…and the guy at the store i went to never really explained to me that i needed a compatible network-handset relationship for me to activate the phone,and so now i have bought and payed for an item that may not be of use to me for another 2 yrs? thats a lil upsetting…

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:42:12 +0000

Well, it’s official. Bell & Telus bowed out and announced yesterday(October 10,2008) that the two companies are joining force to offer HSPA(High Speed Packet Access), a version of GSM. Initially they are going to “overlay” their CDMA system with HPSA. I would suspect there will be lots of bugs in the initial phase of the implementation, which is targeted in early 2010, just before the 2010 Olympics.

Since Bell & Telus have no expertise in the GSM/HSPA arena, I’ll bet they are paying big bucks to pull engineers and designers from other GSM carriers.

The “visionaries” at Bell & Telus had to do this after the North American credit crunch. I’ll bet it’ll cost them a few bucks less last spring. Too bad. So sad.

I think Ted Rogers is laughing out loud …..

By: Zak

Zak — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:23:37 +0000

Very good point!
2010 definitely sounds reasonable

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:15:33 +0000

Look for Telus to implement some GSM love before the Olympics. Canada West is their territory, like Canada East is Bell’s. A little GSM footprint around vancouver island and everywhere leading to the venues in Whisler. All roaming revenue will go to Rogers if they don’t do it.

How many tens of thousands of people will be in Vancouver using their cell phones before, during and after the Olympics?

By: Will Park

Will Park — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:08:12 +0000

let me put it this way. Don’t hold off on any short-term wireless purchases based on Telus or Bell going GSM. If they don’t switch, they’re dead in the water, so it’s safe to assume they will. But, the time it takes from announcement to actual infrastructure rollout will be measured in years. I wouldn’t expect GSM (hopefully LTE) on Bell or Telus for at least another two years (2010, 2011).

By: Zak

Zak — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:19:41 +0000

@ Will

1 last thing,
How long do you think it would take Telus or Bell to start offering GSM service?

By: Zak

Zak — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:18:45 +0000

That “Zak” dude at the top isn’t me.

I understand there can be other Zak’s in the world but I just think this guy’s a tad homo. His comment is totally unrelated to this post. He’s just trying to get clicks to his stupid website!

Anyways Will, I agree. It’s just a matter of time until the market evens out.

By: Will Park

Will Park — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:30:46 +0000

I really want to see Rogers get knocked down a couple notches and get realistic with their pricing strategies.

What identity theft are you referring to?

By: Zak

Zak — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:26:32 +0000

And what effing tip?
Such a retard
IDENTITY THEFT!!!

By: Zak

Zak — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:25:06 +0000

Anyways will awesome news i would love some more choice!

As it stands, rogers can screw me around however they want and ill never leave because their the only GSM provider

By: Zak

Zak — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:21:06 +0000

I dont understand how spammers can do this arg it really annoys me
His link takes you to travel insurance

By: zak

zak — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:29:46 +0000

Thanks for the tip! I was going out of my mind trying to figure out what the problem was. Thanks again!