REGINA – The government of Saskatchewan is rolling out free wireless in the business districts of its cities, which it says is Canada’s largest outdoor wireless network and the…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Competition continues to grow for Canadian companies in the telecommunications industry, the CRTC says in its 2007 telecom monitoring report.
Total revenues for the industry as a…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is deregulating the first residential telephone markets in Canada, in Fort McMurray, and parts of the Maritimes.
The ILECs, TELUS and Bell Aliant, will no…
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VICTORIA – Victoria-based equipment manufacturer Vecima Networks has hit two milestones, selling and shipping its 100,000th QAM Modular Channels and its 200,000th CMTS Upconverter modules.
Vecima, a leading provider…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A lighter but much cheaper version of the TiVo HD digital video recorder is debuting at the CTAM summit in Washington today, at a price of…
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TORONTO – Lawyers for Look Communications and Bell Canada battled in court yesterday over fees for the telco’s services, the latest development in a months-old dispute over billing amounting…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has taken away the dual carriage status of five specialties as of Sept. 1 this year.
Currently, eight specialties have dual status on the basic…
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COMING OFF A SUCCESSFUL free trial that saw 43,000 subscribers sign up for its OneZone WiFi service in downtown Toronto, Toronto Hydro Telecom moved to a subscription-based service in…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable Inc. has entered into an agreement with underwriters to raise $153 million through a share issue.
A syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets,…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s telecommunications companies have launched an agency to hear complaints from consumers that can’t be resolved by the telcos or the CRTC.
The office of the Commissioner…
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