GATINEAU – Will there be a new ISP levy to support Canadian content on the web? Will the hands-off approach the CRTC has maintained when it comes to the Internet... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - OmniGlobe Networks has completed its purchase of Ottawa-based R. A. Misener Telecom Corporation, the operating subsidiary of RAMTelecom, in a cash deal worth $2.40 million. Satellite voice and... Continue Reading
MARKHAM, ON - TVC Canada has appointed Jeff McKellar to account manager, outside plant and fiber construction products for its central region, effective immediately. Reporting to Canadian VP of sales... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Former Canadian Association of Broadcasters exec Jay Thomson has launched a consulting company offering strategic communications policy and regulatory advice. Jay Communications Consulting will focus on Internet, broadcasting... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – After all that, the CRTC opted to continue with its ‘hands-off’ approach. In its much anticipated broadcasting in new media report, released Thursday afternoon, the Commission said that it... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Primus Telecommunications Canada would like to hear from anyone who's recently been laid off, outsourced, downsized or fired. The alternative communications carrier will select 25 winners to receive... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Telesat Holdings has hired Nigel Gibson as its vice president of international sales. Based in London, UK, Gibson will report to president and CEO Dan Goldberg, and also... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Industry Canada has tweaked its guidelines for compliance with the conditions of licence relating to antenna tower and site sharing and to prohibit exclusive site arrangements. Since the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA and GATINEAU – The CRTC has pledged to resolve the telephone number shortage affecting the regions served by area codes 204, 819 and 905. According to the Canadian Numbering... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Telesat Canada said late Monday it has signed an agreement to relinquish its leasehold interest in the Telstar 10 satellite to Hong Kong’s APT Satellite Company Limited, the... Continue Reading
