Cable / Telecom News

SaskTel adds channels, movies

REGINA – SaskTel's MAX TV customers can now subscribe to CNBC and MSNBC and see Universal Pictures movies on demand. The provincial telco, which has approximately 45,000 digital TV customers... Continue Reading

Telus union president dumped

VANCOUVER – Bruce Bell is no longer the president of the Telecommunications Workers Union, says a statement on its web site. Bell was the point man for the union during... Continue Reading

UPDATE#2: Shaw to buy Norcom

CALGARY and KENORA - Shaw Communications has signed a deal to purchase Norcom Telecommunications Limited it was announced today. Kenora Ont.-based Norcom operates cable systems located in Northwestern Ontario including... Continue Reading

Capella serves lunch

PETERBOROUGH – A group of 10 Capella Telecommunications staffers were recognized for their afternoon of feeding some of the poor or homeless in this southeastern Ontario town. A story in... Continue Reading

Sigma buys into C-COR

TORONTO and State College, PA - C-COR announced today that Sigma Systems has purchased a joint interest in the intellectual property rights of C-COR's Service Provisioning Manager and Service Activation... Continue Reading

CommScope ups ante for Andrew

HICKORY, N.C. – CommScope, Inc. announced Monday a competing bid for Andrew Corporation for US$9.50 per share in cash, or US$1.7 billion. The all-cash offer is a premium of approximately 36%... Continue Reading

Videotron to go wireless Thursday

STE-FOY – Quebecor's cable company, Videotron, will launch its wireless telephony product on Thursday. A press conference at one of the company's Super Club stores in Ste-Foy heralds the arrival... Continue Reading

Dial up a punch-up

TORONTO – After its launch on Verizon, Cingular and Sprint in the States, The Fight Network's Fight Mobile service has been added to the Telus Mobility product line. Found under the... Continue Reading

Videotron gains drive Quebecor Media

MONTREAL – Videotron added 56,200 new telephony customers, 28,800 high speed Internet customers and 33,000 illico digital cable customers in the second quarter of 2006, ended June 30th. However, it... Continue Reading