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January 30, 2018 8 years ago

Bell Let’s Talk funding to develop national standard for student mental health

MONTREAL – Bell Let's Talk and The Rossy Family Foundation (The RFF) announced Monday a joint $1 million donation for the creation of a national standard for post-secondary student… Continue Reading

January 30, 2018 8 years ago

TekSavvy launches GigaSpeed in Quebec

CHATHAM, Ont. – Independent ISP TekSavvy Solutionssaid Monday it is now offering its GigaSpeed Internet Service to residential customers within select markets throughout Quebec. They say they are the… Continue Reading

January 30, 2018 8 years ago

Industry pays tribute to Jay Switzer

THERE WAS NO PROUDER champion of Canadian television, Canadian creativity, and all the people working in it than Jay Switzer – and the industry is poorer today without him… Continue Reading

January 29, 2018 8 years ago

COMMENTARY: It’s time to block pirate websites in Canada

IF YOU’RE AGAINST THINGS like theft and plagiarism, then support of the FairPlay Coalition is a no-brainer. Over 25 companies, unions, associations and other groups have banded together to file… Continue Reading

January 29, 2018 8 years ago

New coalition says CRTC, with help, needs to lead the fight against online piracy

Proposes new agency to battle billion-dollar problem OTTAWA – FairPlay Canada, a new coalition of Canadian artists, content creators, unions, guilds, producers, performers, broadcasters, distributors, and… Continue Reading

January 28, 2018 8 years ago

CRTC sets deadline for caller ID for VoIP calls as ongoing fight wages on against unwanted calls

OTTAWA – Canada’s telcos have until March 31, 2019 to implement caller ID technology for calls made over Internet Protocol (IP), the CRTC said Thursday. The Commission also ordered… Continue Reading

January 28, 2018 8 years ago

Canadians need stronger tools to help protect their online reputation: OPC

OTTAWA – Canadians need the right to ask search engines to de-index web pages that contain inaccurate, incomplete or outdated information in order to help protect their online reputation,… Continue Reading

January 28, 2018 8 years ago

CRTC denies consumer groups’ call for affordability fund

OTTAWA – The CRTC has turned down a request from three consumer advocacy groups to review and vary its basic service objective decision over the affordability of telecommunications services. The… Continue Reading

January 28, 2018 8 years ago

Shaw first Canadian member named to BoG at 5G Americas

BELLEVUE, WA – Shaw Communications has been elected to join the board of governors of 5G Americas, an industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for… Continue Reading

January 28, 2018 8 years ago

Four Ontario First Nation communities join SWIFT in support of better broadband

WYOMING, ON – Four First Nation communities in southwestern Ontario have become members of SouthWestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT). The addition of Beausoleil First Nation, Kettle and Stony Point First… Continue Reading