VANCOUVER – Last week Telus turned on the first five of seven new cellular sites which are providing voice and data service to a 25 kilometre stretch of Highway 1... Continue Reading
ST. JOHN'S – Backup systems failed after a fire at an Aliant switching station in St. John's Nfld., on the weekend, leaving about 150,000 customers in Newfoundland without any phone... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – No longer will DTH customers with a system at their home and their cottage be able to pay just a single bill. The CRTC calls it account stacking,... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Telus announced this week it will invest $800,000 to launch mobile phone service to four small coastal B.C. communities in the coming months. The company is upgrading existing... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The spiffy new Treo 700wx from Palm was launched in Canada with Bell Mobility today. It has a big (for a handheld), bright touch-screen. It's a smart phone... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Rogers Communications chairman Alan Horn has been elected to the board of directors of March Networks. The election took place at the company's annual general meeting on October... Continue Reading
WHEN NBTEL FIRST CAME to market in 1998 with a digital TV product serving customers in Moncton and Saint John, N.B., the cable industry laughed. Sure, it was all-digital television,... Continue Reading
REGINA – On Friday, the Access Communications Children’s Fund and the WHL team the Regina Pats will launch the new “Brady Brady, Make Reading a Fun Goal” literacy program. The... Continue Reading
HORSHAM, PA – In October of 1996, the first General Instrument DCT 1000 was shipped to its first customer. This month, Motorola, which bought GI (which was once Jerrold) announced... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Six people were inducted into the Canadian Telecom Hall of Fame at a gala dinner at The Carlu in Toronto Monday evening. The event drew a large number... Continue Reading
