IT WAS A LUCKY DAY to be in Vancouver, what with the announcement by Shaw that it’s launching VOIP here and that Telus is spending $15 million on a shiny... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Bell Canada announced today that it will undertake a large scale IP (Internet protocol) telephony implementation with RBC Financial Group.Bell will work with Cisco Systems Canada and IBM... Continue Reading
CHUM WILL BE SOLD. Shaw, too. Telus will buy Bell. Foreign ownership rules will be abolished. CRTC regs, too. Now those are some seriously fearless predictions for the new year.... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Videotron's total customer base broke through the 1.5 million mark in 2005, rising to 1,506,000, compared with 1,452,500 in 2004 and 1,424,000 at the end of 2003. “It... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Just before Christmas, the CRTC halved the wholesale tariffs incumbent telephone companies can charge for providing DSL capability to independent ISPs. The Commission made the cut “after determining... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Primus Communications president Ted Chislett told www.cartt.ca it denies “slamming” Bell Canada customers. As first reported by www.cartt.ca on Tuesday, Bell Canada filed a complaint with the CRTC... Continue Reading
OF COURSE, UNLESS I CRAWL into the head of JR Shaw and probe his synapses – or see him in a law firm signing documents with Michael Sabia – neither... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Just days after launching on Bell ExpressVu, Rogers Cable has added New Delhi Television to its digital lineup.New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV Ltd.) is India's leading 24 hour... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebec MSOs are hungry for French-language digital channels, so Astral Media’s newest pay channel, dedicated to classic films, cinépop, has been added to the cable lineup in Cogeco’s... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Bell Canada has petitioned the CRTC to act quickly on a file it says threatens competition in the local phone market. The incumbent telco has accused local voice... Continue Reading