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October 15, 2021 2 days ago

Presidents of Bell Mobility and Cogeco to speak at Canadian Telecom Summit

Rogers announced as premium sponsor TORONTO – Organizers of the Canadian Telecom Summit announced this week Claire Gillies, president of Bell Mobility and Philippe Jetté, Cogeco’s president and CEO will... Continue Reading

October 15, 2021 2 days ago

CityWest partners with Council of the Haida Nation to connect Haida Gwaii

HAIDA GWAII – CityWest, the Council of the Haida Nation, Skidegate Band Council and Old Massett Band Council, announced today they are partnering up to connect Haida Gwaii communities to... Continue Reading

October 15, 2021 2 days ago

Telus 5G now available in more communities across Alberta

ALBERTA – Telus announced yesterday several communities across Alberta can now access its 5G network. This includes Fort McMurray, Okotoks, Hinton, Bonnyville, High Prairie, Jasper, Vegreville, Vulcan and Wetaskiwin. The... Continue Reading

October 15, 2021 3 days ago

Cogeco aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050

MONTREAL – Cogeco marked Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) #ClimateActionDay today by announcing it is aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Cogeco, which announced earlier this year it was... Continue Reading

October 14, 2021 3 days ago

Fiona Gilfillan named executive director of telecommunications at CRTC

By Denis Carmel Starting Nov. 15, the CRTC will have a new head of telecommunications – Fiona Gilfillan. Until recently, Gilfillan was the assistant deputy minister at Innovation, Science, and... Continue Reading

October 14, 2021 3 days ago

François Gratton to switch up roles at Telus

VANCOUVER – Telus announced today François Gratton (above) will take on the roles of non-executive chair of the board of directors of Telus Health and Telus Agriculture at the end... Continue Reading

October 14, 2021 4 days ago

Rogers expanding fibre network in eastern Ontario

OTTAWA – Rogers announced today it is expanding its fibre network in Ottawa, Clarence-Rockland, North Grenville and Carleton Place. The company is investing over $188 million in the project, which... Continue Reading

October 13, 2021 4 days ago

Bell teams up with VMware and AWS to accelerate customer cloud transformation

MONTREAL — Bell Canada announced today it has partnered with VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS) “to help organizations across Canada plan, simplify and manage their hybrid cloud transformations,” says... Continue Reading

October 12, 2021 6 days ago

Rogers expands 5G to 11 more Quebec towns

MONTREAL — Rogers Communications announced today it has expanded its 5G network to reach 11 more cities and towns in Quebec. The new communities that now have Rogers 5G coverage... Continue Reading

October 12, 2021 6 days ago

Reports detail battle for control of Rogers

Bloomberg says company chairman wanted up to nine senior executives gone TORONTO – Rogers CFO Tony Staffieri left the company due to “a high-level power struggle” during which the company’s… Continue Reading

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