TORONTO – On the heels of the CRTC new media hearings, a new survey from Angus Reid Strategies says a proposed levy on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to support…
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OTTAWA – BCE has asked the federal cabinet to overturn a CRTC decision, saying investment in next-generation communications networks should be encouraged “as a matter of policy”.
At issue…
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WINNIPEG – Craig Wireless has completed the sale of half of its spectrum rights in Norway and New Zealand to U.S. venture capital firm Everest Wireless Partners I…
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IN AN OFFICIAL COMPANY blog post last night, Google announced the official release of its latest free application: Google Voice.
With Google Voice, users can get all their calls…
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GATINEAU – With the CRTC panel sounding increasingly like an ISP levy-for-broadband-Cancon is under serious consideration, leave it to Telus’ Michael Hennessy to bring peals of laughter into the…
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THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE of wireless walled garden (as referenced in Tuesday morning’s story “Closed wireless networks face broadcasters’ wrath”) was to control the experience because a lack of common…
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MONTREAL – A tax promoting the production of Canadian content for the Internet “is not needed”, and taxing Internet service providers for this purpose “amounts to taxing Canadian consumers…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – The “analysis, evaluation and discussions” around the sale of Look Communications’ assets is still on-going, the company said Tuesday.
All bids were due to…
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TORONTO – Broadband service provider TeraGo Networks reported a net loss of $12.4 million for its 2008 fiscal year, nearly $7 million more than its net loss in 2007.
The…
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GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB – Persona has ramped up its Internet speeds with the debut of a package called ‘Persona High Speed Extreme 15’.
Launched Tuesday in Grande Prairie and…
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