Cable / Telecom News

EastLink to deliver city’s WAN

HALIFAX – Eastern cable company EastLink announced Friday it won the contract to deliver Wide Area Networking services to the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). The contract, with a potential… Continue Reading

CCSA signs NFL

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and NFL Network have announced the completion of a master affiliate agreement. The NFL network is owned by the National Football… Continue Reading

MTS readies its EV-DO network

WINNIPEG – MTS will launch its new high speed wireless network this spring, the company announced this morning. The EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) 3G wireless network will be turned… Continue Reading

Toronto to be a Wi-Fi bubble

TORONTO – Toronto Hydro Telecom will announce its new Wi-Fi strategy today, which marks the telecommunications company’s entry into the fixed wireless data market. "It is also the first… Continue Reading

Line loss hits telcos hard

OTTAWA – A three percent loss in the number of traditional residential phone customers served caused an overall 2.2% loss in revenue among incumbent telephone companies in the third… Continue Reading