Costco Wholesale Canada Renews License Agreement with Glentel
BURNABY, BC, Sept. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - GLENTEL Inc. is pleased to announce its Cellular Phone Kiosk license agreement with Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. (Costco) has been extended for an additional period of 2 years, effective September 2, 2012.
The agreement renewed by Costco grants GLENTEL an exclusive right to operate kiosks offering smartphones, accessories, and Costco-approved wireless devices within all Costco warehouses in Canada. The original agreement was entered into between GLENTEL Inc. and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. on July 31, 2007.
About GLENTEL
GLENTEL (TSX: GLN) is the largest independent multi-carrier mobile phone retailer in Canada and a leading provider of innovative and reliable telecommunications services and solutions in North America. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Burnaby, BC, Canada, GLENTEL comprises three operating divisions - Retail Canada, Retail U.S. and Business - that service thousands of consumers and commercial communications customers. The company operates over 540 corporate stores with more than 330 locations in Canada located nationally in retail malls, Costco Wholesale stores, and business centres; and more than 210 retail locations in the United States. GLENTEL offers a choice of network carrier and wireless device or mobile phone to Canadian consumers and offers the family of wireless products and services of Verizon Wireless as one of Verizon Wireless' select six National Premium Retailers in the United States. GLENTEL operates its business under the trading names Glentel Wireless, WIRELESSWAVE, WAVE SANS FIL, Tbooth wireless, la cabine T sans fil, WIRELESS etc., WAVE SANS FIL etc., Mac Station, and Diamond Wireless - a Verizon National Premium Retailer in the U.S.
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SOURCE: Glentel Inc.
Investor Relations Contact:
Jas Boparai, Chief Financial Officer
GLENTEL Inc.
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