November 9, 2011 14 years ago

Wireless network costs eat into profits at Quebecor

MONTREAL – Despite strong gains at its cable and telecom subsidiary Videotron, Quebecor Inc. saw its third quarter profits plummet by 35%. The Montreal-based media giant said Wednesday that net income… Continue Reading

November 9, 2011 14 years ago

CRTC decamps to Calgary in February for radio hearing

OTTAWA – The CRTC is taking its show on the road to Calgary early next year to consider a dozen new radio applications vying to serve that market. The Commission… Continue Reading

November 8, 2011 14 years ago

Shaw rolls out new faster fibre-optic network

CALGARY – Shaw has launched its new inter-city fibre-optic network capable of carrying Internet, voice, video and data at 100 Gigabits per second (Gbit/s). Shaw said Tuesday that the network has… Continue Reading

November 8, 2011 14 years ago

CRTC okays joint telecom interventions

OTTAWA – Parties to telecommunications proceedings may now coordinate and organize interventions in support of their position into a joint supporting intervention. After changing its practice to allow… Continue Reading

November 8, 2011 14 years ago

O’Regan joins CTV National News

TORONTO – CTV host Seamus O’Regan is joining CTV National News With Lisa Laflamme as a correspondent starting November 28, the network announced Tuesday. O’Regan (pictured) has been co-host of… Continue Reading

November 8, 2011 14 years ago

BlackBerry, Apple, Kobo top brands in Canada’s mobile device market: Ipsos Reid

TORONTO – BlackBerry still dominates the battle of the smart phone brands in Canada, while Apple is tops for tablets and Kobo for eReaders, according to new research from… Continue Reading

November 8, 2011 14 years ago

Four self-made Canadian CEOs prepare to tell their stories at IIC Canada 2011

OTTAWA – There’s less than three weeks until the start of the International Institute of Communications (IIC) Canada conference, taking place November 28 – 29 at the Ottawa Convention… Continue Reading

November 7, 2011 14 years ago

Sales, audience share, fuel 48% rise in profits at Newcap

DARTMOUTH – Newfoundland Capital Corp. reported a 48% increase in third quarter profits on the strength of double-digit revenue growth. The radio broadcaster saw profits for the quarter ended September 30… Continue Reading

November 7, 2011 14 years ago

Allstream assists with Wind Mobile’s network expansion

TORONTO – Allstream has signed a three-year contract to provide IP connectivity services to Wind Mobile. Wind will utilize Allstream's Managed Wavelength service to support its network expansion into southwestern… Continue Reading

November 7, 2011 14 years ago

Bell takes LTE east, introduces first “superphone”

MONTREAL – Bell has expanded its LTE network to Halifax and Dartmouth, NS and Belleville ON, plus rolled out its first LTE superphone. The HTC Raider 4G LTE operates on… Continue Reading