Data On Tap has been approved as Canada’s first full MVNO by Canadian regulator CRTC. The application was sent to the CRTC in early 2019. Since then, Data on Tap said it has launched a public alpha of its Dotmobile smartphone app and attracted nearly 10,000 founding members.
This approval paves the way for the launch of its service as a full MVNO in 2021. "We are blazing a trail for new kinds of wireless service providers, and a Canada where network infrastructure investments (towers), affordability and better service innovation can co-exist," said Data On Tap CEO Algis Akstinas.
The Dotmobile MVNO is being developed as an application. Its systems will operate fully in the cloud, including the core network, so that it is scalable and extensible. The company said Canadians will have the opportunity to build their own features with IFTTT (If This Then That) integration. Data On Tap signed its first wireless network access agreement in September with Iristel, a regional provider with its own network in the Far North and Northern Quebec.
