VANCOUVER – The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) is stepping up its support for locked-out members of the Telecommunications Workers’ Union (TWU) by urging its members who…
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CHICAGO – Canadian VOIP provider babyTEL is expanding into the United States market to offer regional cable companies, Internet service providers, network integrators and others its VoIP services and…
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THE CABLE INDUSTRY MIGHT not like reading this, heading into the local forbearance hearings next week, but residential phone choice seems pretty real to me.
If there was any…
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GATINEAU – After a wave of complaints, the CRTC has decided to extend the deadline to respond to a Bell Canada request.
Bell Canada recently applied to the CRTC…
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HALIFAX – Aliant announced today it will invest over $100,000 over the next three years to support wireless research and development at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC).
The Wireless…
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BURNABY B.C. – Telus is suing the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU) for allegedly infringing on its copyrighted trademark “the future is friendly”; and has fired 14 staffers in B.C….
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cogeco Cable and Videotron have signed a new multiyear distribution agreement with Speed Channel, the companies announced today. Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable is interested in buying into the Portuguese cable market, reports a newspaper there.
The Telecom Paper, (subscription required) a trade journal out of the Netherlands,…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC last week turned down Aliant Telecom’s request for relief from the telecom win-back rules and policies against wireline promotions.
The eastern telco said that the…
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MONTREAL and TORONTO – Quebecor-owned MSO Videotron will join the quadruple play club in 2006 by adding wireless service on the Rogers Wireless network.
The two companies today announced…
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