Cable / Telecom News

Company asks for GTA cable license

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Toronto-based Venoa Video has asked the CRTC for a BDU license serving the Greater Toronto Area. According to the company's web site, it either offers or wants to offer voice over IP, high speed Internet, IPTV, community TV and radio, health care communications, education online and e-shopping. The home page even has a button entitled "HBO Canada" that is "under construction". The company does operate in Toronto as a third-party DSL re-seller. Venoa wants a "Class 1 terrestrial distribution undertaking (which will) use an Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line 2 Plus (“ADSL 2 Plus”) and Very High Speed Digital...