AFTER HIS SPEECH TO IIC Canada Wednesday afternoon in Ottawa, we sat down with CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais for a quick chat about his talk – and a few…
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CRTC chair looks back, and ahead, and finds industry is lagging
OTTAWA – “We as a nation have to stop spinning our wheels on legacy issues and embrace where we’re…
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PHOENIX – Legendary Canadian cable pioneer Israel “Sruki” Switzer died at his home in Phoenix late Wednesday afternoon of a heart attack. He was 87.
Switzer, while perhaps not as…
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A TENNESSE MAN charged with hacking and posting Bell Canada client information has been sentenced to 45 months in a U.S. prison.
According to an Ottawa Citizen report, the…
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REGINA – SaskTel has cranked up Internet speeds in four more communities.
The company said Wednesday that Internet service in Deschambault Lake, Pelican Narrows, and Sandy Bay has been upgraded…
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LONDON, UK – Canada ranks within the top 25 countries for 4G availability and speed, according to a new report by OpenSignal.
The State of LTE used some 17 billion…
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ST. JOHN’S – Eastlink has confirmed that it will jump in to the mobile phone market in Newfoundland and Labrador starting next year.
According to a CBC News report, Eastlink…
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YELLOWKNIFE – SSi Micro is expressing cautious optimism over the CRTC’s plans to review Northwestel’s fibre backbone service rates in the hopes that it may result in greater…
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MONTREAL – Videotron is gearing up to roll out 1 Gbps Internet service.
The company said Tuesday that it is now deploying Docsis 3.1 modems on its network and adapting…
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TORONTO – Rogers and Ericsson are partnering on a “Connected Water” initiative that will use Internet of Things technology to support the City of Ottawa’s water quality testing program.
The…
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