OTTAWA – The CRTC has decided to proceed with a review of wireless newcomer Globalive's ownership to determine whether it is truly Canadian owned and controlled.The Commission announced Monday that... Continue Reading
THIS IS THE last chance to register for the CTAM teleseminar ‘Understanding Viewer Multi-Screen Migration’ scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2009. Based on a CTAM research study, the 75-minute satellite... Continue Reading
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Telecom company Avaya has struck a deal to buy Nortel’s enterprise solutions business for US $475 million.Calling the agreement “a significant step” in its goal to... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks has completed the first ever satellite call between integrated satellite-terrestrial smart phones.The end-to-end phone call was made over TerreStar-1, the world's largest commercial... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Videotron is rolling out its Ultimate Speed Internet 30 and Ultimate Speed Internet 50 packages to the West Island of Montreal. Approximately 280,000 households and businesses – including... Continue Reading
HAMILTON – After half a century in cable, Owen Boris decided this year, at the age of 77, it was finally time to retire.In July of 1959, Boris launched Mountain... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Due to the “flawed” overall structure of last year’s advanced wireless spectrum auction, Canada’s wireless companies collectively paid over two billion dollars too much, and that is sorely... Continue Reading
CALGARY – The rumour mill had been spinning wildly over the past couple of days in Hamilton about the impending sale of Mountain Cablevision, but the buyer, announced this morning... Continue Reading
TORONTO – In a note to clients, BMO Nesbitt Burns media and cable analyst Tim Casey notes the Shaw Communications purchase price of Mountain Cablevision may be as high as... Continue Reading
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and data centres could outstrip Video-on-Demand (VOD) as content companies move to manage their digital assets and create approaches that give them increased control, lower the... Continue Reading
