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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Big issue is the cost to get a full network up and running. Need a huge footprint for small populations in Canada, not a great investment to make.
Small Wind/Mobilicity type of networks have not been successful even with cheap prices.
Can't remember which article it was but it was estimated that it would cost $2b to build out a full network that is equivalent to Bell/Telus/Rogers in Canada.
Companies like Verizon have 99 million subscribers in the U.S. The entire population in Canada is 34 million and Verizon would have to build a similar size network to that of the U.S. in order to service them all.
I don't see the appetite for new entrants now in this market place, it is already too much penetration in Canadian market. 5-10 years ago before the Canadian Mobility sector took off is when the Canadian government needed to be pursuing more foreign investment.
Koodo launched their changes today: http://koodomobile.com/en/ab/index.shtml |
If you look at the amount of area that is actually populated in Canada, I'd say it is probably (eye balling) more like about 1/3 or 1/4 the amount of coverage you'd need in the US.
http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Coverage_map
http://mobility.telus.com/en/AB/cana...NTCMP=coverage
Alberta seems to be the only province that is completely covered with cell towers.
Also, LTE coverage does not look as expansive as Verizon's US LTE coverage.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/...er/4g-lte.html