ROUYN-NORANDA – Fifty-one rural communities can look forward to better broadband soon thanks to $6.9 million in federal money. “The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of the Environment, on behalf of... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canadian telecom company revenues climbed again in 2004, this time past the $34 billion mark, says Statistics Canada. In a report released today, the 4.1% growth in revenue... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Today, Bell Canada announced a $240,000 contribution to Montréal's Ecole de technologie supérieure (ETS) for a research project designed to enhance service quality and traffic engineering on an... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The everyday consumer probably doesn’t understand – or care to understand - what the VOIP decision was all about. They just want better stuff cheaper. In the end,... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Canadian VOIP provider Babytel sharply criticized the CRTC for leaving Canadian cable companies unregulated in Thursday’s decision. “This is asymmetrical regulation," said Stephen Dorsey, babyTEL president and CEO.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – While the cable industry was fixated on the voice over Internet protocol decision yesterday, the CRTC issued another one at the same time which will affect a number... Continue Reading
EXTON, Pa. - The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announced today that exhibitor floor space for the upcoming SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2005 is sold out. The Society’s annual flagship... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – So I’m sitting in the Second Cup in Ottawa’s Byward Market yesterday, remembering that Rogers and the coffee chain have a deal to provide free WiFi hotspots around... Continue Reading
BURNABY, B.C. – The Telecommunications Workers Union doesn’t trust the free market and says that the CRTC’s VOIP decision issued yesterday was wrong-headed. "The Commission dropped the ball with this... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Coalition for Competitive Telecommunications said today it too believes the CRTC’s VOIP decision wrong-headed. "The Coalition argued that users ultimately pay for the entire telecommunications cost structure... Continue Reading
