Cable / Telecom News

BWA/WiMAX subs top 3.5M, says report

MONTREAL - Approximately 400,000 BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added in the first quarter of 2009, bringing the worldwide total to 3.5 million, according to a new report by Maravedis.The Montreal-based telecom... Continue Reading

CTAM seeks BoD nominees

TORONTO – CTAM Canada is seeking nominations for its 2010 board of directors.The elections are open to marketing professionals serving the cable industry in Canada who are committed to an... Continue Reading

Cogeco adds 8 new HD nets in Quebec

MONTREAL - Cogeco Cable has added eight new high definition channels to its Quebec programming line-up, bringing its HD channel total to 32.Télé-Québec HD, Canal Évasion HD, TV5 HD, PBS... Continue Reading

New Videotron call centre opens

JOLIETTE, QC – Videotron has opened its new call centre which will house a team of 271 customer service advisors and technical support advisors, the first 50 of whom will begin... Continue Reading

Rogers offers Internet ready netbooks

TORONTO – Rogers has rolled out mobile Internet ready netbooks from HP, the first 3.5G embedded laptops in Canada.The HP Mini 110 netbooks include embedded mobile broadband technology featuring download... Continue Reading