Cable / Telecom News

Big Pipe to speed education

CALGARY - Shaw Communications' Big Pipe division announced today the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) has chosen it to provide them with high-speed data services. After a formal bid process,... Continue Reading

Videotron steps on the gas

MONTREAL – Videotron announced a data speed increase today so that by September 7th all residential and business subscribers will be able to get up to 7 Mbps for no... Continue Reading

Amtelecom raises $15 million

AYLMER - Amtelecom Income Fund, owner of telecom and cable company Amtelecom, announced this week it has entered into an agreement to sell 1,153,850 trust units at a price of... Continue Reading

ANALYSIS: Policy mis-direction?

SIGNIFICANT. MARKET. POWER. Those three words appear all through the Telecom Policy Review Report, which Cartt.ca has covered at length. According to my search of that document, the three words... Continue Reading

Andrew will go it alone

WESTCHESTER, IL – RF equipment manufacturer Andrew Corporation and ADC Telecommunications Inc. have mutually agreed to terminate the merger agreement announced on May 31, 2006. "The companies believe that current... Continue Reading

Shaw to go DOCSIS 3.0, asap

CALGARY - Shaw Communications said Wednesday that it plans to implement DOCSIS 3.0 products as soon as it can. The company issued a press release saying so. CableLabs recently released... Continue Reading

Revenues dip, loss grows at Cygnal

MARKHAM - Cygnal Technologies said today that second quarter revenues were down 7% to $29.6 million, compared to the same period in 2005. Gross margin was 23.9% in the quarter... Continue Reading

Telus promises

VANCOUVER – Telus made three new pledges to its customers Wednesday. Saying it "is reinforcing its commitment to bringing the wireless industry's best experience to clients, the western telco announced... Continue Reading

Watch your phone ring

TORONTO – In case hearing the latest from Billy Talent when someone calls your cell isn’t enough, Bell Mobility has added the video element to its ringtones. A first of... Continue Reading