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WirelessWave
Company typePrivate
IndustryWireless
Founded1997
Headquarters
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Number of locations
118
Key people
Thomas Skidmore, Chairman, President and CEO[1]
Websitewww.wirelesswave.ca


WirelessWave is a subsidiary of GLENTEL providing wireless and wired communications products and services as well as a choice of mobile phone brands to consumers through retail outlets in mall-based locations across Canada [2]. Founded in 1963, GLENTEL comprises two working divisions – Retail and Business – that together operate more than 285 locations across Canada. [3]

History

Thirteen years ago, WirelessWave opened its first mall-based store in the Metropolis at Metrotown mall in Burnaby, British Columbia[4]. On August 13, 1997, at 10:22 a.m., GLENTEL Inc., through its new trade banner WirelessWave, introduced a new marketing approach to the purchase of a cellular phone by offering consumers their personal choice of cellular network provider, phones, accessories, and calling plans all in one store.

Services

WirelessWave has a network of over 100 stores located in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. [5] At each location customers can shop the networks in one store, with the choice of 5 carriers and a variety of cellular phones, wireless internet and accessories.[6]

After 40 years of experience in wireless communications, GLENTEL has a large technical service staff in the country to develop, install, and support a broad range of end-to-end solutions.[7]


WirelessWave offers plans and phones under the following carriers:[8]

Handsets and Devices

WirelessWave offers various products from manufacturers such as:

Ad Campaigns

In 2009 WirelessWave launched an advertising campaign titled “Love the Phone”. [9] The campaign was comprised of TV, print, and online advertising. In 2010, a contest was held by WirelessWave as part of the “Love the Phone” campaign where users could submit videos of “losing phone love” to be entered to win a trip to SXSW 2010

Locations

WirelessWave has stores in the following provinces: British Columbia (16), Alberta (10), Saskatchewan (2), Manitoba (1), Ontario (35), New Brunswick (3), and Nova Scotia (2)[10]

Awards

GLENTEL was named the Burnaby Board of Trade’s “Business of the Year” for 2007 for its outstanding contribution in the combined areas of business success, innovation and community service.[11]

See Also

References

  1. ^ http://www.glentel.com/newsroom/executive-information.asp
  2. ^ http://www.glentel.com/divisions/retail-division.asp
  3. ^ http://glentel.com/about-glentel/
  4. ^ http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/business-sense/2010/01/06/glenayre-wireless-survivor
  5. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/stores/
  6. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/aboutus.asp
  7. ^ http://www.glentel.com/about-glentel/industries-served.asp
  8. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/aboutus.asp
  9. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/brandtv/
  10. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/stores/
  11. ^ http://www.bbot.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281

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