WirelessWave
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Industry | Wireless |
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Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 118 |
Key people | Thomas Skidmore, Chairman, President and CEO[1] |
Owner | GLENTEL Inc. |
Website | www.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:
- Apple Inc.
- Samsung
- LG
- Motorola
- Sony Ericsson
- BlackBerry
- HTC Corporation
- Sanyo Mobile Phones
- Palm Inc.
Ad Campaigns
In 2009 WirelessWave launched an advertising campaign titled “Love the Phone”. [9] The campaign 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 one of two trips to SXSW 2010 and Sundance Film Festival.
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
- ^ http://www.glentel.com/newsroom/executive-information.asp
- ^ http://www.glentel.com/divisions/retail-division.asp
- ^ http://glentel.com/about-glentel/
- ^ http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/business-sense/2010/01/06/glenayre-wireless-survivor
- ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/stores/
- ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/aboutus.asp
- ^ http://www.glentel.com/about-glentel/industries-served.asp
- ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/aboutus.asp
- ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/brandtv/
- ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/stores/
- ^ http://www.bbot.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281