Cable / Telecom News

CABLE SHOW 2009: Stuff we heard

DURING A SESSION called “Online, On Demand and On TV, Rogers Cable VP and GM Television, David Purdy, noted that when households showing a high rate of P2P sharing were... Continue Reading

EXFO sales flat from Q1 to Q2

QUEBEC CITY - Canadian telecom test and measurement equipment manufacturer EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering saw no change in its sales from its first quarter to its second quarter of fiscal 2009,... Continue Reading

Quebecor loses CFO

MONTREAL – Quebecor’s vice president and CFO Louis Morin has left the company. No details were offered on why Morin, who has been with Quebecor since 2007, departed or where he... Continue Reading

MTS launches HD in parts of Winnipeg

WINNIPEG - MTS Allstream has gone HD to select Winnipeg customers. MTS HDTV has combined technology from Alcatel-Lucent Canada with the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet protocol television (IPTV) software platform to offer... Continue Reading

BlackBerry launches its own app store

WATERLOO, ON – Research In Motion has launched its equivalent of Apple’s App Store. Called the BlackBerry App World, the new on-device application store for BlackBerry smart phones is designed... Continue Reading

BCE to buy back 10.3M common shares

MONTREAL – BCE will purchase 10.3 million of its common shares for cancellation, pursuant to private agreements with arm's-length third-party sellers. The common shares purchased will be counted towards the... Continue Reading