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April 7, 2020 11 hours ago

Channel Zero’s Silver Screen Classics and Rewind are in free preview

TORONTO – As the Covid-19 crisis continues, Canadians are looking for comfort food like their favourite movies. With that in mind, independent broadcaster Channel Zero is making their movie channels,... Continue Reading

April 7, 2020 11 hours ago

Consumer groups demand more Covid-19 relief from government, ISPs, wireless cos

OTTAWA — The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), ACORN Canada and the National Pensioners Federation (NPF) jointly called Tuesday for more Covid-19 relief for low-income consumers in the form of... Continue Reading

April 7, 2020 12 hours ago

Canada’s network speeds holding up under Covid-19 pressure, says Speedtest

SEATTLE — Using its Speedtest broadband testing platform, Ookla has been monitoring the impact of Covid-19 on global Internet performance. While fixed and mobile broadband speeds have been declining at... Continue Reading

April 7, 2020 12 hours ago

CRTC grants Bell more time for deployment of one-way toll trunks in Rogers dispute

GATINEAU — In a procedural letter dated April 3, the CRTC informed Bell and Rogers it was extending the deadline for Bell to comply with the Commission’s December 2019 decision... Continue Reading

April 7, 2020 13 hours ago

LoRa Alliance introduces non-member device certification program

FREMONT, California — The LoRa Alliance, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for Internet of Things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), announced Tuesday a new certification... Continue Reading

April 7, 2020 21 hours ago

Microsoft collaborates with Rogers on 5G for business customers

TORONTO — Microsoft is partnering with global carriers, including Rogers, to enable new 5G customer scenarios with its new Azure Edge Zones and Azure Private Edge Zones. Azure is Microsoft’s... Continue Reading

April 6, 2020 2 days ago

Telus CEO Entwistle donates salary to help battle Covid-19

VANCOUVER — Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle told employees Monday that since they are forgoing any raises for the next three months and seeing the temporary suspension of the... Continue Reading

April 6, 2020 2 days ago

Telus’ Internet for Good provides high-speed broadband to all B.C. and Alberta students in need

VANCOUVER and EDMONTON — Telus announced today it has extended its Internet for Good program to all Kindergarten to grade 12 students who do not have a home internet connection... Continue Reading

April 6, 2020 2 days ago

Canmore will host western leg of rural broadband conference series

NORTH BAY – Organizers Of Canada’s Rural & Remote Broadband Conference (CRRBC) series announced Monday the new location for CRRBC West will be Canmore, Alberta. Due to the Covid-19 crisis,... Continue Reading

April 6, 2020 2 days ago

Ample Labs’ Covid-Bot app helps vulnerable Torontonians

TORONTO — Tech non-profit Ample Labs launched today its new chatbot app which aims to provide vulnerable Torontonians with access to real-time, accurate information to help protect themselves against the... Continue Reading

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