TORONTO – Growth in cable, Internet, and telephony subscribers has led Cogeco Cable to predict a 36% increase in net income in 2006, the company announced at its annual…
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TORONTO – The HDTV war is heating up as Bell ExpressVu and Rogers Cable both announce they’re adding more sports programming in high definition.
Bell is adding NCAA basketball…
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CALGARY – Shaw is keeping the home fires burning for the holidays again. Yesterday it put its virtual fireplace on screen on Shaw Digital Digest, and analog customers can…
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CHARLOTTETOWN – Aliant is teaming up with the Charlottetown Police Department to help potential victims of domestic violence.
The telco is donating refurbished cell phones, which police will provide…
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TORONTO – Industrial design students at three Ontario institutions will be able to compete for cash prizes donated by Bell Canada by designing futuristic communications products.
Third-year students enrolled…
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LINDSAY, Ont. – Greg Walling, who was the last president and CEO of former equipment distribution company Cabletel (which was once the largest distribution company in Canada but suffered through…
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WINNIPEG – Pierre Blouin has been appointed CEO of MTS Allstream, which includes Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. and MTS Allstream Inc.
Blouin replaces Bill Fraser, who announced his intention…
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TORONTO – The outlook for Canada’s traditional fixed-line telecom industry in 2006 is poor, while things are looking better for wireless services and the cable industry, according to the…
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TORONTO – Tri-Vision Electronics has signed an agreement with Scientific-Atlanta to sell and distribute its complete line of cable head-end RF and optical transmission equipment in Canada.
Tri-Vision can…
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VICTORIA – Victoria-based VCom has entered into a multi-year US$10 million agreement to supply wireless broadband equipment across India with MRO-TEK Ltd., a company based in Bangalore, India.
Subject…
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