Just got off a conference call where Anthony Lacavera, Chairman, Globalive and WIND Mobile Ken Campbell, CEO, WIND Mobile shared the good news to a room full of Globalive employees, friend and media. Now that is it official that Wind Mobile will become Canada’s 4th wireless provider the real hard work is about to begin. As Anthony said, “we now need to prove to Canadians we are a carrier they can trust.”
Wind Mobile Conference Call Notes:
Ken Campbell, CEO, WIND Mobile:
- we could be launching as early as next week
- our coverage will include 3 major Canadian citie to start, Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary
- in Ontario our coverage will go from Stoney Creek to Oshawa
- “we are about the experience, the customer experience”
- launching with several different handset & a wireless data stick
- “we won’t even charge you to call 911”
- “we will have a Blackberry, I won’t get into all the details of which phones but they tend to be smart phones, Samsung, HTC, phones that will leverage the network capabilities,” “we will not have the iPhone,” “no Android devices”
- No System Access Fee
What differentiates Wind Mobile?
- we asked our customers what are they looking for, Canadians told us about their frustration
- we made a conscious effort to go back to the basics, we have a great calling center in Mississauga, we have looked at how customers buy a phone, made it simple and as easy as possible
Anthony Lacavera, Chairman, Globalive:
- “we are the fist real competition in a decade to the market”
- “we are going to change the structure of the industry in Canada”
