TORONTO and HALIFAX – Neatly coinciding with national small business month, both Rogers and Bell Aliant have launched new services aimed squarely at small and medium-sized businesses.Rogers unveiled its Business Phone,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – A unified vision of Canada's digital future is crucial in the development of a national digital strategy, says a discussion paper issued by consulting firm Nordicity. Towards a National... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The fact that Globalive Wireless has altered its governance structure to mitigate CRTC concerns is just distracting everyone from the fact that its purse strings are tightly held... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Charles King is leaving well-known communications and government lobbying firm Earnscliffe Strategy Group in order to become vice-president, government relations for Shaw Communications, starting October 5th.King has been... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – This morning at 9 a.m., new wireless carrier Globalive will present to the CRTC its new corporate structure, governance, shareholder rights and financing arrangements. After a two-day hearing... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Nortel Networks’ global system for mobile communications (GSM) business, the popular wireless technology standard for mobile phones, is the next business on the auction block.The company has filed a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – MTS Allstream has bought Montreal-based VisionIP Technologies Inc. to help bolster its unified communications solutions delivery and service capabilities in Quebec.Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Communications has announced a senior note offering of $1.25 billion which it says will be used to repay debt, and could be used for “potential acquisitions”.The senior... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Middlebrook Engineering has named Michael MacNeill as a senior network architect responsible for carrier-grade IP networks, ISP data centres and software development for provisioning, billing systems and network... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The geographical territory served by the 613 area code will get an additional area code starting next spring.Beginning May 17, 2010, area code 343 will be introduced in... Continue Reading