MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Google has finalized its purchase of Motorola Mobility in a move that the search engine giant says will help “supercharge” the Android ecosystem.
Motorola Mobility will remain…
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KAWARTHA LAKES, ON – Bell Aliant, Xplornet Communications and regional telco Nexicom will team up on a local access contract to provide more than 70,000 homes and businesses in…
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I DARE ANYONE TO disagree with this statement: “A child without access to the Internet will find life increasingly difficult in the information age.”
National Cable and Telecommunications Association president…
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CALGARY – JR Shaw has bought more shares in the company that he founded.
Shaw Communications said in a statement that Shaw purchased an additional 50,000 Class B non-voting participating shares…
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DARTMOUTH – Newcap Inc. has received CRTC approval to launch a new English-language commercial FM radio station in Miramichi, NB.
The proposed new station will be a country music format…
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TORONTO – Approximately 600 Rogers telephone and television technicians who service customers across Ontario are set to walk off the job starting June 15, their union said Friday.
The Communications,…
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OTTAWA – The CBC’s oft-postponed licence renewal hearing will begin November 19, the CRTC confirmed Friday.
In a letter to CBC president and CEO Hubert Lacroix, the Commission directed the…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC renewed a number of national and regional video-on-demand licences Thursday.
Bell ExpressVu, Cogeco Cable, Rogers Communications, Telus Communications, and Videon Cablesystems had their licences…
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TORONTO – Following in the steps of Telus and Shaw, Rogers opened the doors on its new retail store concept Thursday in Toronto, a concept that it says puts…
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WHEN PERSONA COMMUNICATIONS was first sold back in 2003-04, I remember attending one of the then-public company’s annual general meetings of shareholders. I don’t recall, but it may have…
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