MONTREAL – Bell Canada has offered a “retirement incentive” to 1,500 qualifying employees who are eligible to retire this year and in 2010.
"This initiative supports Bell’s strategic imperative…
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MILVERTON, ON – Jonathan Holmes has been named executive director of the Ontario Telecommunications Association (OTA) by its board of directors, effective immediately.
Holmes was most recently director of…
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PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MB – MTS will use Microsoft Mediaroom to drive its IPTV services for customers in Portage La Prairie, making it the first Canadian company to offer…
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TORONTO – Nortel Networks received approval from the US bankruptcy court for motions filed around its Chapter 11 provisions last week.
Nortel’s US-filed companies are allowed to “operate their…
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Research In Motion (RIM) will offer new Lotus collaboration features and developer tools on its BlackBerry platform that will enable “greater access to live expertise and collective intelligence” through…
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Registration is now open for the 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit scheduled for June 15 -17 in Toronto.
Now in its eighth year, the conference will feature keynotes and panels…
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Exton, PA – Boris Culum from Rogers Cable has won the inaugural Young Canadian Engineering Professional of the Year Award by The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE).
Culum…
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TORONTO – The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has launched a free e-Alert subscription service to notify customers by email of service disruptions and delays.
Messages will be sent out…
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CALGARY – Shaw’s board of directors has appointed Michael O’Brien as lead director to replace retiring board member Don Mazankowski.
In this role, O’Brien will “provide independent leadership to…
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TORONTO – Bruce Marshall from Mountain Cablevision has been elected as president of the Ontario chapter of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) for the 2009 term.
Boris…
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