TORONTO – Ericsson and Kapsch CarrierCom AG have jointly purchased Nortel Network’s GSM wireless technology business for US$103 million in cash.
Approximately 680 Nortel employees will receive offers of employment…
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MISSISSAUGA – Nearly 1,600 client care workers at Bell Mobility in Mississauga will be voting on union representation next week.
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, which already represents almost…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has dismissed a complaint made against Bell TV by Quebecor Media Inc. over the way the DTH provider is combatting signal theft.
In a complaint dated March 23,…
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VANCOUVER – Now that Telus and Bell also operate HSPA wireless networks, too, Rogers Communications can’t call itself “Canada’s most reliable network” any more without proper qualifiers.
As we…
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GATINEAU – The sale of advertising time on American cable channels, by a new third-party company, can help fix what ails the broadcasting system, says former Canadian Association of…
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I HAVE READ WITH interest the astonishing assertion by Glenn O’Farrell that he should be allowed to poach local avails and direct the money, “wherever it is needed.” (See " Continue Reading
TORONTO – The high definition television subscribers of Bell TV say they love their nature and sports channels, according to a new Angus Reid survey done for independent broadcaster…
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CAMPBELL RIVER, BC – Telus TV has arrived to challenge the television provider incumbents in more five more communities in British Columbia and Alberta.
Over the last week, the telco…
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GATINEAU – The sale of advertising time on American cable channels, by a new third-party company, is now back on the industry’s agenda.
In its presentation to the CRTC this…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable said that it is broadcasters’ “rampant spending to purchase major US network programming” that is at the real root of what ails the industry, not…
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