
dave Wireless, another player trying to make its way into the Canadian service provider game, has just made a roaming agreement with Rogers to offer their coverage outside of major metropolitan areas. Previously dave had partnered with Ericsson to provide HSPA+ service to Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa, and a separate roaming agreement with Bell for base station sharing. For a little guy, dave looks like he’s doing a good job getting all of the basics taken care of before their early 2010 launch; however, I think wind is going to win a few more customers before that happens…
[via cellular-news]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement.
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