Cable / Telecom News

Rogers to offer $1B in new senior notes

TORONTO – Rogers Communications will offer $1 billion worth of debt securities which it says will be used for general corporate purposes, including funding shareholder returns.The senior unsecured multi-maturity notes... Continue Reading

Globalive not Canadian enough, CRTC says

OTTAWA-GATINEAU - Globalive does not meet the Canadian ownership requirements set out in the Telecommunications Act, the CRTC ruled late Thursday.Under the legislation, a telecommunications company is only eligible to... Continue Reading

Telehop’s Spiegelman dies

TORONTO - Telehop Communications' founder, CEO and chairman Hersh Spiegelman passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning, the company said in a statement. No further details were released.Telehop provides value-priced telecommunications... Continue Reading

Bragg, Rogers, talking system-swap

TORONTO – Rogers Communications and Bragg Communications are in discussions on potential system swaps, Cartt.ca has learned.A source with direct knowledge of the talks said late Wednesday on condition of... Continue Reading

UPDATE: McKeen, EastLink, part ways

HALIFAX – Former EastLink co-CEO Dan McKeen has left the company, Cartt.ca has learned.In an e-mail to Cartt.ca, McKeen confirmed his last day at Canada’s fifth-largest cable company in the... Continue Reading

McKeen, EastLink, part ways

HALIFAX – Former EastLink co-CEO Dan McKeen has left the company, Cartt.ca has learned.According to sources, McKeen’s last day at Canada’s fifth-largest cable company in the country was Tuesday, October... Continue Reading