Data On Tap Inc. approved as Canada’s first Full Mobile Virtual Network Operator Data On Tap Inc.
TORONTO, Jan. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Data On Tap has been
approved as Canada’s first Full Mobile Virtual Network Operator (Full MVNO) by The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
The independent Canadian startup was an active participant in the
CRTCs wireless industry review and applied for Proposed Full MVNO status with the CRTC in early 2019. Data on Tap Inc has since launched a public alpha of their dotmobile™ smartphone app and attracted nearly ten thousand founding members.
A Full MVNO operates essentially the same technology as a mobile network operator, but without owning the radio access network (ie. cell towers). Instead, the core network connects to one or more existing radio access networks, similar to a mobile network operator sharing or roaming on another operator’s network.