Cable / Telecom News

Dave to lead DAVE, says report

TORONTO – Dave Dobbin, the former president and CEO of Toronto Hydro Telecom, now known as Cogeco Data Services after the cable company bought it for $200 million this year, has been hired by John Bitove to run DAVE, the entrepreneur’s nascent wireless company, reports the Financial Post. Bitove’s DAVE (Data and Audio-Visual Enterprises) Wireless spent about $243 million to acquire spectrum during this summer’s auction in several areas, such as Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton and pieces of Ontario. Click here for the full story.