OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has told the CRTC is can do what it pleases with the $650 million in deferral account money.That means the Commission’s plan of... Continue Reading
SUDBURY – Cable operator EastLink has cut a further 21 jobs in its Northern Ontario division, based in the Nickel City, reports the Sudbury Star newspaper.The cuts were primarily in... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canada’s two largest cable companies have very different opinions of a nine-year old agreement that had its genesis during a March 2000 dinner in Toronto between Ted Rogers... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The purchase of Mountain Cablevision by Shaw Communications can go ahead. Justice James Newbould of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice today dismissed the motion filed by Rogers... Continue Reading
DESPITE a global slowdown in broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) over the last year, cable gateways, wireless and VoIP routers, and wireless and VoIP DSL CPE units continued to grow... Continue Reading
INNOVATIVE information and communication strategies to drive economic growth will be a major theme at this year’s ITU Telecom World conference in Geneva, Switzerland.From October 5-9, 2009, the event will... Continue Reading
TORONTO – It is simply fear that has the incumbent telcos trying to block new competition from the Canadian wireless sector, says Wind Mobile.Responding to Rogers’ request to the CRTC to review the... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – Add MTS Allstream to the ranks of BDUs opposing the contentious issue of fee-for-carriage.The company filed a submission on the issue to the CRTC Wednesday, in preparation for the Commission’s... Continue Reading
QUISPAMSIS, NB – The CCSA has renewed its bulk purchase master agreement with SeaChange International for video-on-demand (VOD) solutions which include on-demand and linear advertising systems.“SeaChange has become a valued supplier... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Nortel Networks has received Canadian and U.S. court approvals to proceed with the sale of its enterprise solutions business to Avaya.Under the agreements, Avaya will pay US$900 million... Continue Reading
