ACA, ACTRA join appeal of CRTC’s rule
WASHINGTON – The National Football League is urging the U.S. government to “retaliate” against Canada for the CRTC directive setting aside simultaneous substitution during the…
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TORONTO – Shaw-owned Freedom Mobile said Wednesday that it has expanded its LTE network in Calgary and Edmonton, offering residents access to faster data speeds, smoother streaming and faster downloading.
Calgarians…
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MONTREAL – Canadian video supplier Aldea Solutions is joining forces with Italian telco Sparkle to extend video transport services coverage in Europe, Africa and Middle East (EMEA).
As a…
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TORONTO – Canada’s media unions and associations were united in their criticisms of the CRTC’s broadcast policy changes and licence renewals announced Monday.
Unifor, which represents 12,000 journalists and…
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REGINA – Count SaskTel among those opposed to the CRTC’s proposed plan to phase-out the local service subsidy regime.
The local voice service subsidy was designed to keep wireline…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada said late Monday that an anonymous hacker had gained access to about 1.9 million customer email addresses, along with far fewer names and/or telephone numbers.
“There is…
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New competitive call and hearing coming
GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved Rogers Media’s request that its OMNI-branded multicultural TV stations be converted to a must-carry, regionalized, specialty service -…
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MONTREAL — BCE CEO George Cope described it as a “game-changing” offer in the television industry: a digital pay TV service without a set-top box, but Bell’s Alt TV…
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CALGARY – CCI Wireless CEO Amir Bigloo is leaving the Alberta-based rural internet provider next month to pursue other unspecified opportunities.
Current CFO Adam Lamont will serve as interim CEO,…
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MONTREAL – Telecom equipment TelcoBridges is offering a new subscription-based virtual session border controller (SBC) that it says offers significant cost savings to service providers.
The new downloadable Virtual Tsbc,…
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