Failure of the New Brands

[RogersUser1]

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They are allowed to try...

As long as they control less than 10% of the market when they buy-in, they are welcome to grow into the number one carrier.

It just has to be organically. (AT&T can't buy Bell, but they could buy Wind, and grow it beyond the market share they have)

Have the rules changed? My understanding is foreign ownership cannot have a majority stake in a telecom in Canada.

[sirtate]

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This thread talks about it;
http://wap.howardforums.com/GetThread.php?t=1779918

It was a fairly recent change... But Vimplecom can invest in Wind or Mobilicity, or both, as long as the combined market share is less than 10% after the deal is done.

If they chose to agressively build market share and the share exceeds 10%, that's OK. They just can't buy into a big player...turning a small player into a big player is totally within the rules.