TORONTO – Independent telco Iristel said today is has strengthened ties with California-based text+, a service that lets anyone text, talk and share for free or close to free,…
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CHATHAM and TORONTO – TekSavvy Solutions announced today it will deploy Ericsson as it upgrades and expands its existing rural fixed wireless access broadband network in southwestern Ontario.
This partnership,…
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Renews call to remove foreign ownership restrictions
By Greg O’Brien
GATINEAU – It’s been 18 years since Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus, has personally appeared in front of the…
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Cogeco airs its HMNO model
By Greg O’Brien
GATINEAU – On Wednesday, CRTC commissioners tried to get Bell Canada CEO Mirko Bibic and other company executives to pick what they might…
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To effectively regard the whole communications field through the broadcasting lens results in a distorted view
By Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell
IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE a critical overview…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced Wednesday it is selling 25 million common shares to a syndicate of underwriters in a deal valued at $1.3 billion (C$52.00 per share).
The group of…
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MONTREAL — Videotron announced Wednesday the official launch of its mobile network in Rimouski and 12 neighbouring communities in Québec, after months of build-out and testing in the Lower…
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MELFORT, SK — SaskTel is bringing its fastest fibre-optic network service, infiNET, to select areas of the city of Melfort, starting today. The service will eventually be available throughout…
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OTTAWA — Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) is now accepting applications for the 2020 WCT Jeanne Sauvé Career Development Program, which offers a “backstage pass” to Canada’s broadcast…
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GATINEAU — The CRTC announced Wednesday it is revoking the basic international telecommunications services (BITS) licences of 28 companies that have failed to comply with their conditions of licence.
In…
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