OTTAWA - Telesat has signed a major contract for capacity with Indonesia’s PT iForte Solusi Infotek (iForte) for Ku-band HTS and C-band capacity on the new Telstar 18 Vantage satellite.The... Continue Reading
MONTREAL and BOCA RATON, FL - Canadian institutional investor La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has reached an agreement to acquire a 30% stake in the main... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER - Telus’ strategic investment arm Telus Ventures has added three early stage precision medicine and diagnostics-focused Canadian startups to its portfolio of health technologies.Toronto-based Acorn Biolabs, Vancouver’s GenXys Health... Continue Reading
REGINA - SaskTel continues to launch its maxTV Stream IPTV platform in rural communities across the province.Pre-loaded with 55 channels, VoD, and built in apps for accessing Netflix, Crave and... Continue Reading
44% increase in complaintsOTTAWA – The mid-year report from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) once again doesn’t look good for Canada’s telecom and TV providers.The report released... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Telus played host to a vital workshop last week called Tomorrow Is Now: A Workshop on 5G Technology, Operations, and Regulation.Organized by the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) and... Continue Reading
WOODSTOCK, NB – On Monday, rural service provider Xplornet Communications unveiled new unlimited broadband data plans starting at $59.99/month.Thanks to recent network investments, the new plans are available to all... Continue Reading
REGINA - Former Westman Communications CTO Jeffrey DeSarno has been named Chief Technology Officer of Access Communications Co-operative.DeSarno has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including in... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Videotron subsidiary Fibrenoire has added the VMware SD-WAN solution by VeloCloud to its service offerings.The VMware SD-WAN solution enables businesses to securely support application growth in the cloud... Continue Reading
CHATHAM, ON - TekSavvy Solutions is aiming to rally public support around the Feds’ recent directive to the CRTC to improve the affordability of Internet and cellphone services for Canadians.On... Continue Reading