OTTAWA – While higher profits in the oil and bank industries drove a 5.8% upswing in third quarter operating profits to a record high $67 billion among Canadian corporations, telecommunications... Continue Reading
TORONTO – New national pay TV service Superchannel will launch on Rogers Cable today, Cartt.ca has learned. As we profiled here, Allard-family-owned Superchannel says there is plenty of room to... Continue Reading
SUMMERSIDE, PEI – EastLink announced Wednesday it’s investing $6 million in its communication network in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The upgrades slated to be completed by spring 2008 will result... Continue Reading
KELOWNA – The CommTech show is looking for speaker specialists to provide a diverse lineup of timely topics of interest for attendees at the next show, which will run May... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream Inc. launched Wednesday three new location-based services, known as Locate Services, to its MTS Mobility wireless customers: The Seek and Find, the GoTrax and No. TAXI.... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – With Len Katz now vice-chair telecom, his old post of executive director of broadcasting and telecommunications was open. Instead of filling the post with another, CRTC chairman Konrad... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Higher costs will limit profit growth in Canada’s telecommunication industry to 3.2%, or just over $6 billion, in 2007, according to the Conference Board’s autumn 2007 report, “Canadian... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Broadband wireless access solutions vendor SR Telecom Inc. announced Monday it had filed for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) with the Quebec Superior Court.... Continue Reading
ATLANTA -- Scientific Atlanta announced Monday that commitments for its Switched Digital Video (SDV) platform in the United States have exceeded 7 million homes passed. The company said the milestone... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The membership of the House of Commons Standing Committees on Canadian Heritage and Industry – the two with the most impact on the cable, radio, television and telecom... Continue Reading
