TORONTO – “This is our market,” said Barrett Xplore CEO John Maduri, pointing to a slide on the screen. What we saw during the Canadian Telecom Summit session on Building... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canadians may soon be able to send and receive money using their mobile phone, thanks to a new application called Zoompass.Launched Monday by mobile commerce company EnStream, Zoompass... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Globalive Wireless placed Canada's first Advanced Wireless Network (AWS) call Saturday, proving the viability of it’s next generation wireless network. The AWS band uses microwave frequencies for enhanced... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has asked the government to cut the fees that it pays for cellular and personal communications service licences. In response to Canada... Continue Reading
OTTAWA and GATINEAU - Canada's AM and FM radio stations generated $1.58 billion in revenues for the broadcast year ending August 31, 2008, an increase of just over 5% from... Continue Reading
MILVERTON, Ont. – When we writers offer up a dateline, or placeline to begin a story, like the one here that denotes the little town west of Kitchener I visited... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Scolding the broadcast industry for not heeding its warnings two years ago, the CRTC approved Pelmorex Communications’ plan to make emergency alerts available to all broadcasters across the... Continue Reading
BANFF – Canwest Global will be shutting down its Fine Living Canada specialty TV channel and replacing it on the dial with a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) TV service. “We have never... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – With no emergency broadcast system in place in Canada (and none on the horizon yet), Pelmorex Media (owners of the Weather Network and MétéoMédia) asked the CRTC earlier... Continue Reading
STRATFORD, Ont. – Um, in case anyone out there thought working in media was going to get less bewildering, to paraphrase Dr. David Jacobson: “You ain’t seen nuthin' yet.” You... Continue Reading
