"Communiqué": The weekly newsletter about Canada's wireless telecommunications industry

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• "Recycle My Cell" Comes to the Pacific National Exhibition - August 23, 2010
• Mobile Giving "Text-to-Donate" Campaigns for Pakistan Flood Relief Efforts Launched by the Canadian Red Cross, UNICEF and World Vision Canada - August 22, 2010.
• Industry association stresses urgent need for more spectrum and removal of policy disincentives to continued investment - July 15, 2010
• Wireless Communications: A Strong Signal for a Stronger Canada. CWTA Input to the Digital Economy Strategy – July 13, 2010
• Ovum: Comparative analysis of spectrum fees – June 14, 2010
• Free Wireless AMBER Alerts now available to Canadian cell phone customers - May 26, 2010
  • New Wireless AMBER Alerts PSA 
    
• Media Advisory - New national initiative to help in the safe return of abducted children - May 25, 2010
• 25 Years of Connected to the Community - May 3, 2010
• Ovum: The Benefit of the Wireless Telecommunications Industry to the Canadian Economy - April 21, 2010
  • - Complete Report
  • - Fact Sheet
  • - Ovum Presentation
• Celebrate Earth Week by recycling old cell phones and accessories - April 19, 2010
• Mobile Giving for Haiti Earthquake Relief Raises $500,000 in Canada - February 2, 2010
• New website to help teach teens safe, respectful texting practices - January 21, 2010
• CWTA President & CEO Bernard Lord talks about Mobile Giving in Canada - December 19, 2009
• MEDIA ADVISORY – Public Consultations for the “Recycle My Cell” Stewardship Plan in Ontario - December 10, 2009
• Province Welcomes National Cellphone Recycling Effort - November 12, 2009
• Recycling Your Old Cellphone Is Now Easier Than Ever - November 10, 2009
• CWTA President & CEO Bernard Lord and Jim Manis of the Mobile Giving Foundation discuss the launch of the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada - September 23, 2009
• Mobile Giving Foundation and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association Launch Charitable Mobile Platform to Drive Giving in Canada - September 21st, 2009
• Canada’s Wireless Service Providers Further Commitment to Customer Service Excellence with New Code of Conduct - September 1st, 2009
• Public Consultations for the “Recycle My Cell” Stewardship Plan in BC - August 13th, 2009
• Newfoundland and Labrador Joins National Cell Phone Recycling Program - July 28th, 2009
• Province Announces New Initiative Which Allows Manitobans to Recycle Wireless Devices
  Recycling Old Cell Phones, Wireless Devices Made Easy: Struthers - May 5th, 2009
• New initiative allows New Brunswickers to recycle wireless devices - April 9th, 2009
• Province of PEI Joins Wireless Industry in Cell Phone Recycling Program - April 7th, 2009
• Wireless Industry Launches National Cell Phone Recycling Program - January 20th, 2009
• In Memoriam – Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers
  - December 2, 2008
• E-mail Hoax Concerning Cellular Phone Numbers To Be Released to Telemarketers - November 27, 2008
• Canadian Household Access to Wireless Phones Reaches 72% - November 20, 2008
• Harris/Decima 2008 Wireless Attitudes Study - November 20, 2008 (1,854 KB .pdf file)
• Bernard Lord Named President & CEO of Wireless Industry Association - October 24, 2008
• CWTA Stewardship Plan for the Recycling of Cellular Phones in the Province of Nova Scotia
  (2,180 KB .doc file) - October 14, 2008
• Youth Text 2008 Harnesses Text Messaging Technology to Connect Young Canadians with Political Parties - September 11, 2008
• Wireless phone subscribers in Canada - 2008
  (14 KB .PDF file) - August 13, 2008
• CWTA Objection to SOCAN Tariff 24 - Ringtones and Ringbacks (26 KB .PDF file) - August 13, 2008
• Connected to the Community: Wireless Partners in Public Safety - April 28, 2008
• Canadian Crime Stoppers Launches Tips via Text Message - April 24, 2008
• Canadian Wireless Phone Customers Top 19 Million - November 14, 2007
• Wireless Data Usage Reaches New Heights in Canada - October 23, 2007
• Study Reveals Canadian Wireless Prices Lowest in North America - July 12, 2007
• New Booklet - Connecting Canadians: Wireless Antenna Towers Siting in Canada (pdf) - July 9, 2007
• dotMobi Advisory Group and Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association Form Mobile Internet Alliance - June 28, 2007
• Canada’s Wireless Telecom Industry Calls For An Open Spectrum Auction - June 11, 2007
• Media Advisory – Public Forum: Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum Auction - April 19, 2007
• Wireless Number Portability Now Available - March 14, 2007
• Text Messages in Canada Top 4 Billion in 2006 - March 5, 2007
• Labour bill will have significant impact on public safety wireless resources in Canada - January 31, 2007





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