OTTAWA – This could be the beginning of the end for foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian companies. Today, Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, and Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, announced... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Earlier this year, after having been told by the federal government to rely on market forces and deregulate as much as possible, the Commission asked the telecom industry... Continue Reading
NEW YORK – We might see a cable petition to the CRTC soon to add what will be the newest business channel to the eligible satellite services list here in Canada.... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebecor Media's cable company Videotron was the first large Canadian MSO to offer voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) service to its customers and it is the first one... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A new telecom report recently published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says that mobile phone customers in Canada enjoy some of the most competitive... Continue Reading
CALGARY and VANCOUVER - Telus has increased the speed of its EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized) wireless network throughout more than 50 cities in Alberta and British Columbia, including Edmonton, Calgary,... Continue Reading
MONCTON – Eastern telco Bell Aliant has added several new hot spots across its regions that its high speed Internet customers can take advantage of for free. Aliant Hotspots offer... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Communications shareholders approved the company's proposed two-for-one stock split of its outstanding class A participating shares and class B non-voting participating shares late yesterday. The split will... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU - John Traversy and Paul Godin have been promoted at the CRTC. Traversy is the new director general, consumer affairs, policy and telemarketing while Godin is now director general,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Offering local telephone service just might be working out for Canadian cable operators. For anyone paying attention to the increasingly positive results for Canadian cable operators of late,... Continue Reading
