Cable / Telecom News

Bell is “sucking and blowing at the same time,” says Rogers

MONTREAL – Rogers Communications founder and CEO Ted Rogers used a speech to the Canadian Club Monday in Montreal to blast Bell Canada’s lobbying efforts and predatory pricing ideas.Just days after the local forbearance hearings in Ottawa and in the middle of the Telecom Review undertaken by Industry Canada, Rogers' comments had serious purpose behind them.Mentioning Videotron and its parent company, Quebecor, as well as iconic owner Pierre Karl Peladeau, Rogers outlined how Canadian cable companies are working hard to provide facilities-based local telephony competition in Canada. He said he’s pleased with the uptake on Rogers Home Phone thus far...