Internet to Go, a recently announced service from MTS, is a part of a creative bundle that leverages the company’s wireless network and WiFi partners.
The offer demonstrates that carriers don’t need a specialized wireless broadband network, such as the Inukshuk nomadic services offered under the Bell and Rogers brands.
As speeds on cellular networks increase, mobile services are increasingly offering a means for customers to be untethered from a wireline network for voice or data services. Last August, I described how some countries have seen 3G mobile networks being used to deliver residential broadband.
MTS Allstream CEO Pierre Blouin will offer his perspectives at The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit.
Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed opens the conference on June 15. Bernard Lord, head of Canada’s wireless industry association will be speaking on June 16 and the heads of 3 of Canada’s new entrant wireless carriers will close the conference on June 17.
CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein speaks on June 16 and the industry’s leading regulatory executives will debate the many current issues that are in front of the Commission and Cabinet. That day closes with a discussion that focusses on net neutrality.
Throughout the conference, industry leaders from around the world (including RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis speaking on June 15) will share their global perspectives on what is working and what isn’t as the telecom industry evolves.
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