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clearnet shareholders have the option to receive $ 70 in cash or 1. 636 telus non - voting shares for each clearnet share tendered .
telus boldly pushed its way further into the exclusive club of canadian mobile phone leaders monday, by offering $ 6. 6 billion for clearnet communications. telus calls it the biggest telecom acquisition in canadian history .
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clearnet chief executive george cope will head up the new wireless company as president and ceo .
no doubt about it: george cope, chief executive of clearnet communications inc. , the wireless phone company featuring lizards and leaping frogs in its ads, is a creature of the digital age. take his hectic schedule over three days last week .
telus is offering shareholders the equivalent of $ 70 for each clearnet share, which is a 53 per cent premium over clearnet' s friday' s closing price of $ 45. 80 .
telus said it has lock - up agreements for 86 per cent of the voting shares in clearnet .
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in 2005, rogers communications inc. announced it was acquiring sprint canada’s parent call - net. at the time of the deal, its sprint canada subsidiary had about 600, 000 customers .
this deal is significant not only in its scale, but, more importantly, it signifies telus' s strong commitment to becoming canada' s preeminent data and wireless communications company .
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clearnet was founded in 1984 as a company that made two - way radio systems used in taxicabs and package delivery vehicles. in 1995, clearnet was awarded a wireless license by industry canada, and launched a mobile service shortly after. for much of its existence, clearnet was known as an innovative player in wireless, particularly because it sold many of its phones in third - party stores and allowed customers to quickly set up their accounts with a credit card and over - the - phone credit check clearnet was bought by telus in 2000 for $ 6. 6 - billion, which was the largest telecom acquisition in canadian history .
quietly, without the fanfare that usually accompanies the launch of a cellphone service in canada, telus corp. has resurrected clearnet as a discount wireless brand in western canada .
clearnet, with close to the maximum bandwidth allowed by ottawa in some regions, was an obvious target. together, telus and clearnet have more spectrum than any other wireless company and will be required to divest some in western canada to meet federal limits. clearnet was also attractive for its national subscriber base, which is concentrated in central canada, where telus is weak. in entwistle' s view, the merger
vaults us overnight into a market leadership position. boom, we' re there, in one fell swoop .
like fighter brands from bell and rogers, telus' s brand name is nowhere to be found on clearnet' s home page, and it is not immediately apparent that it is a trial service .
the move brings to nine the number of brands now being promoted by the three dominant wireless carriers - three each by rogers communications inc. , bce inc. and now telus. these multiple brands are battling against brash new discount providers, such as wind mobile and moblicity, which have upturned market norms and depressed pricing for wireless services across the country .
in a company release, telus said ,
this deal is a major advance in building telus into the leading canadian provider of advanced, integrated communications, with more than 1. 8 million customers, a licence to provide coverage to 30. 7 million potential customers and existing digital network coverage for more than 21 million potential customers from coast to coast .
the company that will soon merge with clearnet offers competitive deals such as the starter at $ 20 for 150 minutes. but unlike most of its competitors, telus offers a free phone with many of its plans .
allstream’s story begins with the creation of cncp telecommunications in 1967, following the merger of the canadian national telegraph and the canadian pacific telegraph. cncp would go on to develop the first facsimile (fax) network in the world, as well as being the first provider in canada to offer a virtual private voice network. in 1990, cncp rebranded itself as unitel communications .
not surprisingly, on heavy volume class a shares of clearnet made strong gains on monday. they were the top net gainer closing at $ 64. 95, up nearly 42 per cent or $ 19. 15 on the tse .
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clearnet: telus bought the brand 11 years ago and has launched a market trial in kelowna, b. c. , and red deer, alta. pricing and features are similar to chatr and solo, but is linked to land - line phones .
enter 38 - year - old darren entwistle, named telus' s chief executive and president on july 10. since his arrival from britain, where he most recently held a senior post at telecom giant cable & wireless communications plc, he has laid out a 100 - day battle plan and, impressively, pulled off the clearnet deal .
the thing that entwistle seems to have brought is a sense of urgency ,
says grant. for entwistle, a montreal - born canadian who has spent much of his career overseas, the urgency was driven by a scheduled federal government auction this fall of highly coveted telecommunications bandwidth, or spectrum - the
real estate
of wireless communications, like frequencies for radio stations. telus, entwistle decided, would be better off buying a company that already had a substantial amount of spectrum rather than bidding against other telecom firms in a battle that could both escalate prices and leave telus with less capacity than it needed for a national presence .
i can tell you there is no guaranteed outcome of the auction process ,
entwistle told maclean' s .
it' s better to get it done in advance .
no doubt about it: george cope, chief executive of clearnet communications inc. , the wireless phone company featuring lizards and leaping frogs in its ads, is a creature of the digital age. take his hectic schedule over three days last week. first, he signed off on the largest deal ever struck in the telecommunications business in canada - a $ 6. 6 - billion merger with telus corp. of burnaby, b. c. , western canada' s mega - phone company. he nabbed the top job at the newly formed wireless entity, which puts telus' s heft behind toronto - based clearnet' s sprightly national presence and creates a formidable competitor to bce inc.' s bell mobility and rogers at & t wireless. then, he closed on the sale of his home in ajax, ont. , bought a new one in the same toronto suburb and, with his wife and three children, moved house. he even fit in a canoe ride on a lake near his home .
for cope, the cash - and - stock deal offers investors a whack of dough: at a 53 - per - cent premium over clearnet' s pre - announcement price of $ 45. 80 ,
it' s a very good deal for shareholders ,
he says. the money - losing company needed a partner with deep pockets - telus agreed to take on about $ 2 billion in debt. and telus also brings to clearnet, a purely wireless company, options for bundling a host of other phone services, an increasingly important marketing strategy, cope says .
entwistle vows the pace at telus won' t slow. there will be more internet - oriented acquisitions in the next 12 to 18 months .
i' m talking about successive deals rather than one big bang, which is what we affected through the acquisition of clearnet ,
he says .
clearnet has long been big on included extras, throwing in free voicemail and caller id even on its $ 25 - for - 200 - minutes basic package. it is also trying to persuade you to give up your land line and tell everyone your cell number, by making all incoming calls free with plans at $ 50 and above .
another thing muddied with clearnet coming back is telus' s corporate message. more than one bay street analyst sent out research notes this morning thinking telus had launched a new, national brand. matthew kelly, a managing director with the level5 brand advisory firm, said it was unusual for a large corporation to play down a brand it has ushered into the market .
analysts immediately characterized the move as a defensive play, pointing out that in the clearnet service, telus is offering customers the choice of bundling their wireless and home phone services together - a move that seems designed to stem the erosion of wireline phone cancellations. when rogers, a cable company with less exposure to the home phone business than traditional telcos, launched chatr, it was done as an offensive move against new wireless entrants .
clearnet, of course, was the name of the wireless provider telus bought for $ 6. 6 - billion in 2000, which catapulted telus from a regional provider to the national stage. but until now, it has resisted the urge to fight back against the new entrants or wireless substitution with a low - end brand, as rogers and bell have done with their chatr wireless and solo brands. rogers made a big splash with the launch of chatr and used its marketing to make claims that other new wireless carriers had shoddy service .
moreover, a new generation of small wireless products - units that will send and receive e - mail, order the groceries, control the tv and log onto the internet - is about to explode into the market in canada. right now, the key players are positioning themselves to be ready when that boom happens - which is precisely what the telus - clearnet deal is all about .
wireless is the next big gold rush ,
says iain grant, a consultant with the brockville, ont. - based yankee group in canada inc .
most analysts applauded the merger, and clearnet' s price rose to $ 64. 55 by week' s end. (telus shares fell by 11 per cent, due to concerns about earnings dilution and the new debt load .) even rivals profess to like the deal .
from our point of view, it' s great because it takes away a competitor ,
says charles hoffman, chief executive of rogers at & t wireless. the merger is also likely to create chaos among consumers, hoffman says, and
we' re planning to exploit the confusion that will reign over there .
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telus has a history of rewarding shareholders with dividend growth, according to yield hog panelist tony demarin of bcv asset management .
the vancouver - based provider launched the new plan, which includes unlimited calling, as a trial in two markets - red deer, alta. , and kelowna, b. c. but the company chose a very different strategy from competitors that have launched low - price brands, also called
fighter brands
: it decided to tell hardly anybody .
but in addition to battling the new players, the incumbents see discount brands as a way to dull the sting of consumers cutting their landline phone service with traditional providers like telus. the number of so - called
wireless - only
households is forecast to double over the next two years as wireless service becomes cheaper and more enticing - eroding a lucrative source of revenue both for traditional phone companies and cable companies offering home phone service .
when asked, a telus spokesman played down the importance of the company' s move, and offered few details on how the plan would work .
it' s a limited market trial ,
spokesman shawn hall said .
it would be premature to speculate on what elements of the trial might be expanded in the future .
if you price it so you can get wireline and wireless cheaper together, than at least you get something [ in revenue ] rather than nothing ,
said dvai ghose, a telecom analyst with canaccord genuity .
at the same time, with around a dozen wireless brands in canada offering service, it is unlikely that consumers walking into a mall will know which brands belong to which company. this benefits the largest providers, said greg macdonald of macquarie capital markets .
the offensive strategy is muddying the market with yet another unlimited, prepaid provider ,
mr. macdonald said .
certainly, that' s part of the strategy. at a certain point, there' s information overload. and what it' s going to do is force the new entrants to increase their advertising budgets .
it' s unorthodox to launch a brand and really not give it support, unless it' s a word - of - mouth brand like starbucks ,
mr. kelly said .
i find it unusual that they are soft - launching. and, of course, they may still be planning a bigger launch .
rogers wireless: the toronto - based company' s premium brand, with its best smart phones, aimed at the higher end of the market .
fido: a mid - level brand some think is flailing as it languishes between premium and discount .
chatr: a new discount, unlimited brand that launched by mocking the new wireless companies' service. the competition bureau told it to stop, and is taking it to court, seeking a $ 10 - million penalty .
bell mobility: the montreal - based national provider' s rejuvenated wireless brand, with an emphasis on high - tech features such as live mobile tv .
virgin mobile: a youth - focused, mid - level brand with bold urban marketing. advertises to exclusive
members
.
solo mobile: a once - moribund brand revived as an unlimited talk - and - text service .
telus mobility: the top - shelf brand emphasizes high - end smart phones running google' s android system .
koodo mobile: this mid - level brand has done much of the discount - style fighting for telus .
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over the past 14 years, high - level telus executives under darren entwistle have turned up in the top jobs at bitter rivals bce and rogers. the telus chief executive has just ...
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canadians, who enjoy one of the best landline systems in the world, are only beginning to warm to cellphones. canada ranks lowest in usage among 16 industrialized countries listed by top supplier nokia inc. (no. 1 is finland, nokia' s home, where more than 60 per cent of the population uses them .) but canada has just passed what' s known as the tipping point of 15 - to 20 - per - cent penetration, after which consumers suddenly begin to snap up the mobile units at a rapid rate .
below that threshold, people tend to regard mobiles as costly gadgets for businesspeople; above it, penetration rates escalate rapidly ,
says chris potter, a wireless expert at convergence consulting group ltd. in toronto .
telus, once alberta' s sleepy, bureaucratic telephone company, is on a mission to reinvent itself. two years ago, it merged with bc telecom inc. , creating a western power base. then it opted out of the bell canada - dominated cross - country telephone alliance known as stentor and set its sights on competing nationally - against bell, among others. in june, telus acquired a strategic 70 - per - cent interest in québectel, a small player in the quebec market. even so, telus investors remained
underwhelmed ,
says grant .
this week, cope will join entwistle on an exhaustive road show to explain the deal to major investors in a dozen north american cities. like cope, entwistle recently moved his family .
you know the list they have in magazines in terms of the most stressful things you can do in your life ?
asked entwistle last week from boston .
i tried to do them all concurrently - change jobs, move house. it has been quite a pace, to be truthful .
for both men, it will be handy market research as they try to sell canadians on wireless gadgets to help them deal with an ever - faster 21st century .
thinking of getting a cellphone? welcome to comparison hell. trying to figure out who offers what at the best price can make you want to hire a tax accountant. but here is an overview of some of the fixed monthly plans canada' s national cellphone companies promote (phones usually start at $ 49. 99). there are also prepaid, pay - as - you - go deals, and many major cities have local cellular companies that also compete .
the league - leader promotes its deep canada - wide coverage, cheap u. s. service (50 cents canadian a minute for local calls, compared with more than 90 cents for most others) and now, broad flexibility. users can get rates down to $ 20 a month for 150 minutes used anytime, while choosing which features they want to pay for .
bell may have the widest variety of fixed plans, including family plans for up to four phones in one home. aside from competitive basic deals ($ 25 for 200 minutes), it also offers 200 minutes within canada to anywhere in north america for $ 39 - a potential saving for people who need to call long distance a lot while on the go .
fido' s rates are among the lowest, starting at $ 20 for 200 minutes. but its digital coverage is limited to major urban areas, and calls outside it cost an extra 20 cents a minute. phones that can roam anywhere may also need an attachment .
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canada’s telecom industry has never been a welcoming place for upstart firms. many have experienced the same fate as mobilicity, the recently launched wireless company that incumbent telus corp. announced plans to acquire this week for $ 380 - million .
below, we take a look at some of the more notable telecoms that set up shop in canada, only to eventually be bought out by their bigger and more established competitors .
u. s. - based telecom sprint corp. attempted to gain a foothold in the canadian market in the early 1990s, re - selling bulk long - distance lines bought from domestic providers as foreign ownership restrictions prevented it from owning its network .
in 1993, toronto - based call - net enterprises inc. , which had operated its own long - distance service for seven years, changed the name of its long - distance subsidiary to sprint canada after a strategic alliance with sprint that saw the u. s. company take a 25% stake in call - net .
sprint canada offered landline, long distance and internet services, and the company partnered with fido solutions to offer customers wireless service. sprint’s big focus, however, was on competitive long distance rates and taking on the monopoly that bell held at the time. by the end of 2004 it had just 31, 000 wireless subscribers .
montreal - based microcell telecommunications inc. was one of four companies to win a wireless licence from the federal government and launched the fido brand in 1996. it was the first provider to offer customers a gsm cellphone network in canada, which at the time was dominated by the cdma standard. fido attempted to increase its presence in the mobile sphere by partnering up with sprint canada, which offered fido plans as part of its phone and internet bundles. like sprint, however, fido was eventually bought out by rogers, which paid $ 1. 4 - billion. at the time of the deal in november 2004, fido had nearly 1. 3 million customers .
by 1999, it became at & t canada, before finally changing its name to allstream in 2003. the next year, it was acquired by manitoba telecom services for $ 1. 7 - billion, which continues to own the firm today .
aliant was formed in 1999 with the blockbuster merger of atlantic canada’s four incumbent telecoms — maritime telephone and telegraph company, island telecom, bruncor and newtel enterprises. it began trading on the toronto stock exchange that year with a market cap of $ 3 - billion and in january of 2000, its partner bell canada had raised its ownership stake to 53% .
in 2006, bce inc. completed a debt - paring restructuring that combined bell canada’s rural customers in ontario and quebec with aliant’s operations as well as a stake in bell nordiq, creating bell aliant (which was originally structured as an income trust), and reducing bce’s stake to about 45% . the remainder is publicly owned but bce controls bell aliant through its right to appoint the majority of the board of directors .
bell continued to solely use the aliant name in atlantic canada until 2009, at which point it transitioned it to the current bell aliant branding .
update tuesday may 21: this story has been updated from a previous version to correct the ownership history of sprint canada and fido as well as the history of bce’s relationship with aliant .
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the deal will increase competition in the top rank of canada' s mobile phone sector, as telus goes head - to - head against such market leaders as rogers at & t wireless, and bell mobility .
but telus shareholders weren' t embracing the deal. telus stock topped the tse' s net losers list, down 10 per cent or $ 4. 45 to $ 40. 05 .
the deal is the latest in telus' s strategy to become a truly national company. two years ago, it merged with bc tel .
and in a deal that closed june 1, telus paid $ 584 million to buy a 70 per cent stake in quebectel, quebec' s number two phone company .
telus president and ceo darren entwistle said ,
this transaction will give us immediate national wireless coverage, which will serve as the foundation for the data and internet strategy we are about to unveil .
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clearnet communications was a canadian cellular telephone service provider from 1984 to 2000 , when it was acquired by telus mobility . clearnet operated a cdma-based pcs network and an iden-based cellular network called mike . following the merger , clearnet 's pcs service was incorporated into the existing telus mobility network , while the mike system was kept as a separate service under its original name . all clearnet 's distinctive marketing and branding , including their animal theme and tag line " the future is friendly " , was also adopted by telus communications to promote its various services . the clearnet brand name , however , was discontinued until april 2011 , when telus launched a short-lived new brand with the clearnet name . 
clearnet communications was a canadian cellular telephone service provider from 1984 to 2000, when it was acquired by telus mobility. clearnet operated a cdma-based pcs network and an iden-based cellular network called mike. following the merger, clearnet's pcs service was incorporated into the existing telus mobility network, while the mike system was kept as a separate service under its original name. all clearnet's distinctive marketing and branding, including their animal theme and tag line " the future is friendly ", was also adopted by telus communications to promote its various services. the clearnet brand name, however, was discontinued until april 2011, when telus launched a short-lived new brand with the clearnet name.
clearnet communications was a canadian cellular telephone service provider from 1984 to 2000, when it was acquired by telus mobility. clearnet operated a cdma-based pcs network and an iden-based cellular network called mike. following the merger, clearnet's pcs service was incorporated into the existing telus mobility network, while the mike system was kept as a separate service under its original name. all clearnet's distinctive marketing and branding, including their animal theme and tag line " the future is friendly ", was also adopted by telus communications to promote its various services. the clearnet brand name, however, was discontinued until april 2011, when telus launched a short-lived new brand with the clearnet name.