Seven people were registered to lobby the federal government on behalf of Globalive, the wireless company backed by Egyptian financing fighting to enter the Canadian telecommunications market. In less than six weeks, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Cabinet recently overturned a CRTC decision that the company did not meet foreign ownership rules to enter the market, which some insiders say is one of the most successful lobbying campaigns in recent history.

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