Tbooth Wireless

Glentel Inc.

Type	Joint venture
Industry	Wireless, retail
Founded	(1963 (1963))
Headquarters	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Number of locations	350+
Area served	Canada
Key people	Ravi Nookala, (CEO & President)
Number of employees	1,800+
Parent	BCE Inc. Rogers Communications
Website	www.glentel.com

Glentel is a Canadian retail firm. Based in Burnaby, the company deals primarily as a retailer of mobile phone services; in Canada. the company operates over 350 wireless outlets operating under the Tbooth Wireless (La Cabine T sans fil in Quebec, formerly The Telephone Booth) and WirelessWave (Wave sans fil in Quebec) brands, particularly in mall kiosks. Glentel outlets sell services from Bell Mobility and Rogers Wireless—who jointly own the company, along with their respective value brands (such as Fido and Virgin Mobile), and SaskTel in Saskatchewan. The company also operates store-within-a-store kiosks at Canadian Costco locations under the Wireless etc. brand, and operated as Target Mobile at Target locations in Canada until the chain's closure.

On November 28, 2014, BCE Inc. announced that it would acquire Glentel for $670 million, pending regulatory approval, in an effort to boost its retail presence. After a dispute with Rogers, who argued that it was contractually required to consent to any change in ownership of the company, Bell announced that it would divest a 50% stake in Glentel to Rogers upon the closure of the acquisition, turning the company into a 50/50 joint venture between the rival firms.

The company has its origins in Speedy Celtel, a company founded by Alan and Tom Skidmore as a retailer of Cantel, the country's first cellular carrier. In 1989, the company bought Glenayre, a provider of business wireless hardware, and was re-named Glenayre Technologies. In 1992, the company's retail arm was spun-out as Glentel, and in 1997, it opened a Rogers dealer at Metropolis in Burnaby known as WirelessWave. WirelessWave subsequently grew into a larger chain.