VANCOUVER – Telus will offer senior unsecured notes worth $1 billion.
The 5.05% 10-year notes were priced at $99.744 per $100 principal amount for an effective yield of 5.083% per…
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NEW YORK – The first wholesale-only nationwide 4G-LTE network is coming to the United States as early as next year.
Known as LightSquared, the new network will provide…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will hold a public proceeding in November to review its policies for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite distribution.
Tuesday’s call for comments invited proposals on its regulatory framework…
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PRINCE RUPERT, BC – CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp. has added Headline News and Turner Classic Movies to its basic digital package.
“It’s our goal to continue to strengthen our…
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IS APPLE INC. trying to deflect criticism of its new iPhone 4 antenna design by claiming that all smart phones suffer reception problems? Executives at BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) seem…
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OTTAWA – Canada has officially removed foreign ownership restrictions on satellite carriers.
Parliament enacted the necessary legislation (see Part 23) last week, giving royal assent to the changes contained in…
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TORONTO – Wind Mobile has doubled up its retail presence in the greater Toronto area in a bid to reach out to the city’s ethnic communities.
The wireless upstart announced Friday that…
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TORONTO – Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed Telesat’s ratings and said that its outlook remains ‘stable’.
Moody’s said Friday that Telesat’s B2 corporate family and probability of default ratings (CFR…
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MONTREAL – Public Mobile is slowly working out the kinks in its wireless network in Montreal.
A post on the company blog on Friday said its network team “is…
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TORONTO – TBayTel is set to upgrade its wireless infrastructure with a high speed network overlay.
The independent telco has chosen Ericsson to overlay its CDMA mobile network with HSPA+…
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