DUBLIN, Ont. – According to the community newspaper the Mitchell Advocate, rural telecom co-operatives Hay Communications, Quadro Communications and Tuckersmith Communications have gotten together to purchase the Mitchell-Seaforth Cable…
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TORONTO – A recent survey from KPMG International suggests wireless subscribers are more willing to pay for broadband content if it means they can avoid having to view ads…
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TORONTO – On the day his Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie had his NHL franchise bid rejected, RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis was waxing nostalgic about the…
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TORONTO – The CRTC seems prepared to follow up a busy 2008 with an even busier 2009, judging by its six telecom industry initiatives for the coming year, outlined…
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TORONTO – Breaking news from the CBC: It is no longer a TV network but a "content provider." This, according to the CBC’s Richard Stursberg who was a keynote…
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TORONTO – Perhaps befitting an acronym that doesn’t refer to any actual technology, but more a state of mind, LTE is still a good two years away from deployment,…
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TORONTO – It isn’t too often you hear a cableco or telco admit to using a heavy fist when it comes to protecting and maintaining their walled gardens, but…
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OTTAWA – Almost three-quarters (74.3%) of Canadian households reported having a cell phone in 2008, up from 72.4% in 2007, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
The proportion of…
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TIVERTON, ON – Bruce Telecom has named Laurel Stein as it’s new CFO, effective immediately.
Stein, who succeeds William Sipprell who retired in March, is a Chartered Accountant with “extensive”…
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WINNIPEG – An agreement in principle on the recapitalization of Canwest Global Communications was due today, but in keeping with recent history, yet another dollar deadline has been moved….
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