OTTAWA – Canada’s satellite relay distribution undertakings (SRDUs) should be exempt from licensing requirements, say Canada’s only two SRDU operators – Shaw and Bell – in their submissions to…
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GATINEAU – Tuning into the CRTC’s usage-based billing hearing on Monday morning, you may have thought that the Commission was dealing with urban planning issues around road congestion rather a billing…
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GATINEAU – Today, Bell Canada backtracked from its two-tiered bandwidth rate structure in its aggregated volume pricing (AVP) model. The move is designed to address concerns raised by the…
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SMALL BUSINESSES IN the United States account for approximately half of the GDP and more than half of the employment, and, they also spend in a similar ratio. According…
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TORONTO – MTS Allstream said that expanding its IP fibre network into targeted markets across Canada continues to pay off, noting that it signed 60 new IP contracts in…
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CALGARY – The Canadian Common Ground Alliance (CCGA) has asked the CRTC to assign the three digit number 8-1-1 to the Canadian ‘Call Before You Dig’ program, as it…
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EXTON, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has unveiled a backup powering system for cable that uses environmentally friendly technologies to maintain power during an interruption or blackout.
The prototype, which is…
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SAN JOSE, CA – Cisco will cut 6,500 jobs and has sold off its set-top box manufacturing facility in Mexico in an effort to become more efficient and profitable.
The…
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GATINEAU – The MTS Allstream proposal to give wholesale ISPs access to bandwidth for a fixed price was given a thorough examination Tuesday on the last day of the usage-based…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications’ new movie service Shaw Movie Club is off to a rather controversial start.
Last Thursday, while promoting the launch of the service, president Peter Bissonnette said…
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