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


WirelessWave is a subsidiary of GLENTEL, a leading provider of innovation and reliable telecommunications services and solutions across North America. Founded in 1963, GLENTEL comprises two operating divisions – Retail and Business – that service the needs of wireless consumers and commercial telecommunications customers across North America. Together with its divisions, the company operate more than 280 locations across Canada. [2]

History

Thirteen years ago, WirelessWave opened its first mall-based store in the Metropolis at Metrotown mall in Burnaby, British Columbia[3]. 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, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. [4] At each location customers can shop the networks in one store, with the choice of seven carriers and an extensive variety of cellular phones, wireless internet and accessories.[5]


WirelessWave offers plans and phones under the following carriers:[6]

Handsets and Devices

WirelessWave offers various products from manufacturers such as:

Locations

WirelessWave has stores in the following provinces: British Columbia (26), Alberta (21), Saskatchewan (3), Manitoba (3), Ontario (60), New Brunswick (3), and Nova Scotia (2)[7]

Ad Campaigns

In 2009 WirelessWave launched an advertising campaign titled “Love the Phone”. [8] 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.

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.[9] Additionally, GLENTEL was inducted into the Burnaby Business Hall of Fame in October 2009. [10]

See Also

References

  1. ^ http://www.glentel.com/newsroom/executive-information.asp
  2. ^ http://glentel.com/about-glentel/
  3. ^ http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/business-sense/2010/01/06/glenayre-wireless-survivor
  4. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/stores/
  5. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/aboutus.asp
  6. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/aboutus.asp
  7. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/stores/
  8. ^ http://wirelesswave.ca/brandtv/
  9. ^ http://www.bbot.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281
  10. ^ (http://www.bbot.ca/images/Excellence/bbea%20gala%20press%20release.pdf
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