Cable / Telecom News

Cable voice share to be 15 to 20% in three years. Maybe the same for IPTV


WHISTLER, B.C, - There was precious little new information doled out today by some of the participants at RBC Capital Markets annual telecom and media conference in the B.C. ski town. However, one key parallel was drawn during the afternoon session featuring Shaw Communications president Peter Bissonnette, Rogers Cable president Edward Rogers, Bell Canada's consumer solutions president Kevin Crull and Bell Nordiq CEO Roch Dubé. When talking about the potential for cable telephony market penetration, Rogers said that a 15% to 20% local market share gain by cable companies was probably too conservative when saying it could be done over...