Introducing Ice Wireless, the largest GSM Cellular Network in Northern Canada Covering 70% of the N.W.T.

Corporate Overview

ICE Wireless is the north’s only home-grown digital cellular phone provider. The company is committed to bringing the best of global communications to the N.W.T. and beyond.

With a strong regional heritage as a company built by northerners for northerners, Ice Wireless provides affordable and leading edge GSM digital cellular services, including voice mail, call waiting and SMS messaging to the communities of Inuvik, Yellowknife, and Behchoko with Hay River coming soon. You can see our NWT coverage map here.

Ice Wireless and its sister company New North Networks have more than 15 years of operating experience serving communities throughout northern Canada. Together, the two companies have played an integral part in the development of the telecommunications industry in the N.W.T.

As the second-largest digital cellular network in the N.W.T. and the only GSM network in northern Canada, Ice Wireless has challenged the competition and led the way in technological innovations and breakthroughs. GSM is one of the most advanced telecommunications platforms in the world, and offers unparalleled worldwide reach to over 100 countries globally.

Ice Wireless customers are able to use their digital phones across Canada through a roaming agreement with Rogers Wireless and Fido.

Ice Wireless delivers many value added features that make this the ideal phone for a wide variety of northern residents:

• No activation or termination fees
• Unlimited incoming text messages
• FREE local evenings and weekends
• No locked-in, long term service contracts

Ice Wireless phones and service package plans are available from agents and retail outlets in each serviced community.

Quick Facts

In 1999 New North Networks cellular operations in the Inuvik region became Ice Wireless

In 2005, Ice Wireless was incorporated to serve the Inuvik region. The company also signed a roaming agreement with Roger’s Wireless for the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut.

In 2008 , Ice Wireless expanded its network to include Yellowknife and Behchoko.

The Ice Wireless network currently covers over 70% of the N.W.T. population.

Who We Are

We pride ourselves on our customer service. For any inquiries relating to service please contact a customer service representative.

Ice Wireless’ small, responsive management team and partners are well known, trusted and respected in communities, and our technicians have over 40 years of accumulated experience in the NWT wireless industry.

Inuvik, Head Office

Mr. Tom Zubko
President & CEO
tom@icewireless.ca

Mr. Zubko is a proud member of the northern community and a pioneer in the telecommunications industry in the Northwest Territories. In 1990, Mr. Zubko founded New North Networks and installed the first cable television system in Inuvik, N.W.T. By 1996 Inuvik had become the first community in the world to fully implement high-speed digital “satellite to cable modem” technology, a revolutionary accomplishment that earned Mr. Zubko extensive media coverage in Canada and the U.S.A. In his efforts to grow the north’s homegrown capabilities for digital communications, Mr. Zubko first expanded into the realm of cellular service in 1999 through a sub-licensing and roaming agreement with Rogers Wireless. In 2005, after several years of successfully providing digital cellular service in Inuvik, Mr. Zubko founded Ice Wireless and expanded the network to include several other communities in the N.W.T. In his role as President & CEO of Ice Wireless for the last 3 years, Mr. Zubko continues to lead the company with his strong vision of creating a “cellular phone company that has been built by northerners, for northerners.”



Mrs. Christine Zubko
Finance
trina@newnorth.ca

Mrs. Cindy Traer
Customer Service Representative - Inuvik
Inuvik@icewireless.ca

Yellowknife & Behchoko

Mr. Cameron Zubko, B.Comm.

Vice President

cam@icewireless.ca

As Vice President of Ice Wireless, Mr. Zubko focuses on overall strategy and growth of the company. Previously, he has advised multinationals such as Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Motorola on their public relations, communication strategies, and global advertising campaigns. He has also worked on a private equity team for Scotia Capital in London and New York where he managed a loan portfolio of $1 billion and aided in the structuring of $650 million mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Zubko is a principal of an international consulting company which has been engaged by several organizations and governments including the Government of the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Ontario and the industrial development arm of the United Nations.