HALIFAX - Bell Aliant unveiled a voluntary retirement incentive to some of its unionized employees in Atlantic Canada on Thursday. The offer provides a financial incentive to a “limited number... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Manon Brouillette has been promoted to executive vice president of strategy and market development for Videotron. In her new role, Brouillette will assume more responsibility for strategic business... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Communications announced plans to sell up to $600 million worth of senior unsecured notes due in 2014, pricing the bond offering at 6.50%. The company said in a... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Videotron is opening a new client contact centre in the picturesque community of Joliette, about 70 km northeast of Montreal, which it says will create 271 full time... Continue Reading
Marketers and advertisers have a new way to reach mobile audiences, courtesy of another emerging market trend credited to the Apple iPhone – the debut of the iPhone Apps store. According... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Characterizing the results as "solid", Shaw Communications today announced second quarter fiscal 2009 subscriber results that saw digital television subscriber growth rise by more than double as compared... Continue Reading
ENGLEWOOD, CO – U.S. satellite services company EchoStar has added spacecraft command and control services for the international commercial satellite industry to its list of services. The company said that... Continue Reading
ALEXANDRIA, VA – According to new research from the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), cable's broadband and television services are well positioned to weather the economic storm. The... Continue Reading
Exton, PA - The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has named John D. Schanz to serve as chair of the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009 program committee.Schanz is currently the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Without legacy cost structures and the ability to focus on just one product (wireless handsets), Canada’s new wireless entrants look to upset the mobile market here with ultra-low... Continue Reading
