va3bnr
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Turris Communications have changed to BearCom Canada Corp.
Turris Communications now BearCom
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slicerwizard
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Welcome to 17 months ago...
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BearCom Acquires Turris Communications
Strategic acquisition expands BearCom’s operations across Canada September 7, 2018: Dallas, TX — BearCom Group, Inc. (“BearCom”), North America’s largest and pre-eminent provider of wireless*communications equipment and solutions for two-way radios as well as other voice and data technologies...
An interesting fact though that I just noticed however is some frequencies that had been named under Turris before, are now actually listed as
tafl.mckie.ca
We may have to rename a few systems in the database perhaps.
Examples are -
| BEARCOM Canada Corp. |
TAFL Search Results
Use this online tool to search for frequencies, locations, or licensees. Infomation comes from Industry Canada's database of frequency allocations.
We may have to rename a few systems in the database perhaps.
Examples are -
BearCom Canada - Renfrew/Ottawa Trunking System, Multiple Locations, Ontario
BearCom Canada - Renfrew/Ottawa Trunking System Profile
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BearCom Canada - PushPlus Network Trunking System, Multiple Locations, Multi-State
BearCom Canada - PushPlus Network Trunking System Profile
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BearCom Canada - Algonquin College Trunking System, Ottawa, Ontario
BearCom Canada - Algonquin College Trunking System Profile
www.radioreference.com
Welcome to 17 months ago...
BearCom Acquires Turris Communications
Strategic acquisition expands BearCom’s operations across Canada September 7, 2018: Dallas, TX — BearCom Group, Inc. (“BearCom”), North America’s largest and pre-eminent provider of wireless*communications equipment and solutions for two-way radios as well as other voice and data technologies...
I also noticed a few frequencies within the OnQue system OnQ Network Trunking System, Multiple Locations, Ontario - Scanner Frequencies were also listed under BearCom however some were still under Bell Mobility Radio which there is a dealer in Ottawa for OnQue and it's a Bell Store.
Doesn't seem like it's necessarily a bad thing. From what I've read so far, BearCom has come a long ways and are doing quite well with what they bring to the table.
slicerwizard
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The many employees who've lost their jobs might feel differently.
DaveH
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I don't know the specifics of this case, but takeovers such as this usually spell a reduction in competition,
and "rationalization" of the workforce. It seems to happen that way in high-tech (and elsewhere) frequently.
Dave
and "rationalization" of the workforce. It seems to happen that way in high-tech (and elsewhere) frequently.
Dave
slicerwizard
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When BearCom takes over a shop, they toss the people with skills and knowledge, because, y'know, they cost money. They keep (or hire) untrained monkeys. Cutting costs in this manner is how they finance the next takeover. I'm not naming those who I personally know who got the boot when BearCom showed up.
kayn1n32008
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Nothing good has come from BearCom buying into Alberta.
Just listen to the HORRIBLE audio coming out of the Avtec consoles they have installed at 2 of the 911 dispatch centres on AFRRCS... Their Avtec console ‘guy’ is an idiot.
Just listen to the HORRIBLE audio coming out of the Avtec consoles they have installed at 2 of the 911 dispatch centres on AFRRCS... Their Avtec console ‘guy’ is an idiot.
Project25_MASTR
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I went to work for BearCom by way of an acquisition. I can honestly say, no one was let go...but some positions simply ceased to exist due to them now being redundant. We were the last acquisition to be completely re-branded and we went from being an established MSS to BearCom within a week and it cost us 30% of our public safety work due to local agencies who had tried BearCom before and were not happy no longer wanting to do business with us (cost us some non-public safety customers as well).
BearCom made some pretty large changes to our sales team that thinned them out (due to overlapping territories now sales reps on our side had to expand to areas that kept them from home). On the technical services side, we really felt like the red-headed step children...getting permission to get training was like pulling teeth (but was required to qualify for specific contracts), we couldn't get approvals to get equipment calibrated etc.
Then Bearcom acquired Staley and Advanced Electronics and wouldn't you know it, they got to keep their names and simply became "A BearCom Company"...maybe they learned something from that one but it was above my position. We also went from being partnered with an engineering firm (which gave me a PE to work under for my EIT) to not having any PE's on staff until Staley was acquired (didn't do me any good since my stuff was with the Texas board of Engineers).
Anyway, my wife got a good job offer that allowed me to transfer to the corporate office where I worked under a GM I absolutely loved who also had a lot more pull being a longtime manager at BearCom, so if I came to him with a justification of why I needed something (training, equipment, etc) he saw to it that it got approved. However, I also went from being a system specialist to essentially an installer with some troubleshooting work occasionally and I wasn't overly excited about the jobs I was doing simply because they did not meet my quality standards to a point where I was comfortable putting my name on them.
Anyway, after 34 months at BearCom and the last remaining service employee of that MSS, I resigned and basically walked out on the industry. Honestly right now, the three options are BearCom, MCA/Crosspointe or a small mom-n-pop and what has become acceptable over the last 3 or 5 years has really gotten me questioning whether or not I want to attempt to get back into the industry which is very sad as RF is my passion.
Perhaps I'll have a better perspective in another year or so.
BearCom made some pretty large changes to our sales team that thinned them out (due to overlapping territories now sales reps on our side had to expand to areas that kept them from home). On the technical services side, we really felt like the red-headed step children...getting permission to get training was like pulling teeth (but was required to qualify for specific contracts), we couldn't get approvals to get equipment calibrated etc.
Then Bearcom acquired Staley and Advanced Electronics and wouldn't you know it, they got to keep their names and simply became "A BearCom Company"...maybe they learned something from that one but it was above my position. We also went from being partnered with an engineering firm (which gave me a PE to work under for my EIT) to not having any PE's on staff until Staley was acquired (didn't do me any good since my stuff was with the Texas board of Engineers).
Anyway, my wife got a good job offer that allowed me to transfer to the corporate office where I worked under a GM I absolutely loved who also had a lot more pull being a longtime manager at BearCom, so if I came to him with a justification of why I needed something (training, equipment, etc) he saw to it that it got approved. However, I also went from being a system specialist to essentially an installer with some troubleshooting work occasionally and I wasn't overly excited about the jobs I was doing simply because they did not meet my quality standards to a point where I was comfortable putting my name on them.
Anyway, after 34 months at BearCom and the last remaining service employee of that MSS, I resigned and basically walked out on the industry. Honestly right now, the three options are BearCom, MCA/Crosspointe or a small mom-n-pop and what has become acceptable over the last 3 or 5 years has really gotten me questioning whether or not I want to attempt to get back into the industry which is very sad as RF is my passion.
Perhaps I'll have a better perspective in another year or so.
slicerwizard
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Thank you for that detailed report. It should be clear to everyone by now that BearCom is in the business of making money for the owners/investors and not much else. Serving customers and looking after their interests? Yeah, nah.
DaveH
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So there you have it, right from the Bear's mouth... 
Will be interesting to see what happens in Prescott-Russell which has just installed a Tier III system for Fire,
managed by guess who, and with Hytera being sued by Motorola for patent infringement...
Dave
Will be interesting to see what happens in Prescott-Russell which has just installed a Tier III system for Fire,
managed by guess who, and with Hytera being sued by Motorola for patent infringement...
Dave
kayn1n32008
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Nothing wrong with buying up businesses.
However, their business practices leave a lot to be desired. The way they treat their customers leaves a lot to be desired.
They bought Spectrum Communications in Kitchener also. Pretty much soon as that happened, the Waterloo Regional Police Service brought all their mobile radio installations in-house. So I guess that tells ya something also.
They can change the keys once the system is up and running over the air. It was brought in house right when Bear bought them.
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