Cable / Telecom News

Shaw gets to 10 Mbps

CALGARY – Shaw Cable’s top speed service is now speedier, the company announced today. Shaw’s High-Speed Xtreme-I service now allows customers to download Internet files at 10Mbps, a 40% increase,… Continue Reading

Backpacks for needy kids from Aliant

SAINT JOHN – Crayons, coloured pencils and markers, pencils, pens, highlighters, erasers, glue sticks and bottled glue, rulers, scribblers, duo tangs, loose-leaf lined paper, notebooks, binders, safety scissors and… Continue Reading

TCM on Max TV Tuesday

REGINA – SaskTel’s digital TV service, Max TV, will launch Turner Classic Movies Tuesday. TBS and the Saskatchewan telco made the announcement Monday. TCM will launch as part of… Continue Reading

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… 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… 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… Continue Reading