Cable / Telecom News

CEP ratifies Bell pay equity deal

OTTAWA – Five thousand current and former mostly female telephone operators employed by Bell Canada have voted to accept a $104 million settlement of their 14 year old dispute… Continue Reading

Traditional voice mail gone by ’09

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Unified Messaging will supplant traditional voice mail systems – which will disappear from the market by the end of 2009, reports tech research company In-Stat. UM and… Continue Reading

Telus raises its Q rating

VANCOUVER – Telus and Motorola this week announced the Canadian wireless company will have the Motorola Q exclusively. The Moto Q is a thin, sleek QWERTY keyboard wireless device… Continue Reading

Shaw fires Saskatchewan GM

SASKATOON – Shaw Communications has let go Bob Anderson, its regional manager for the Prairie province, reports CJWW radio. Anderson has been with Shaw for 16 years. An e-mail… Continue Reading

Shaw going to Whistler

CALGARY – On the face of it, Shaw Communications purchase of Pemberton Cable, announced late Wednesday, is small potatoes. But, if you consider that Pemberton Cable’s owners have a… Continue Reading