CALGARY – This year the Star Choice brand will begin to disappear altogether, Shaw Communications executives said today.
In its place will come a new brand, Shaw Direct, which…
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MONTREAL – While its Canadian operations are clipping along just fine, competitive pressures are hammering its Cabovisao unit in Portugal, Cogeco Inc. announced today.
While consolidated revenue increased by…
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TORONTO – Virgin Mobile Canada is offering money back to customers in order to help them through the recession and achieve “chic-onomic” status.
The quirky, self-described “#1 mobile youth network”…
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OTTAWA – Mobile personalization company Bridgewater Systems is offering policy controls called ‘Smart Caps’ which it says could help mobile subscribers avoid “bill shock”.
Bill shock occurs when a…
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CALGARY – “Solid” subscriber growth, including a “record” quarterly gain in digital subs, helped Shaw recognize a 10% jump in consolidated service revenue for its second quarter, compared to…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The CCSA has completed a bulk purchase master agreement with Capella Telecommunications for Motorola set-top boxes and headend equipment.
“On behalf of our membership, CCSA is…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has announced that telecommunications service providers will no longer be asked to track or report certain data in order to lighten the reporting requirements.
"As part…
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EXTON, PA – The SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies (ET) 2009 packed 18 technical presentations plus an architectural trends-focused closing panel into “one efficient, informative day” last Friday, April…
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The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit is fast approaching.
Held June 15 – 17 in Toronto, the event promises to cover all segments of the Canadian telecommunications and IT industries, and…
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KIRKLAND, WA – American Internet service provider Clearwire is launching a WiMAX ‘Innovation Network’ in Silicon Valley, CA this summer.
The network will initially cover about 20 square miles…
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