OTTAWA – Finally, after nearly two months of bidding, involving 331 rounds, Canada's auction of wireless spectrum ended today, but is merely the first wave of change that will transform... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A review of broadcasting in new media is utterly unnecessary, says an unprecedented joint submission to the CRTC by Canada’s largest Internet service providers. Friday was the deadline... Continue Reading
CALEDONIA, N.S. – With thanks to a provincial government program, EastLink has extended wireless Internet to additional rural areas of its home province of Nova Scotia. Beginning today, residents and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Despite an auspicious beginning, the Advanced Wireless Spectrum auction that began this week still has the ingredients for “both a robust auction process and a more competitive marketplace... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is charging that Bell Canada has contravened the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) by using deep-packet... Continue Reading
HALIFAX - EastLink Digital Cable customers will have seen the company’s new subscription video on demand service appear on their electronic program guides this week. The Animé Network is the... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Bragg Communications, the east coast cable and telecom company that claims to be “small in a big way,” wants the CRTC to take on a similar persona, by making big... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Telus Corp., a relatively new entrant into the broadcast distribution field with the IPTV service it launched in 2006, says it would prefer the regulatory status quo than... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Allarco Entertainment Inc.’s pay-per-view Super Channel will finally be launching on Shaw Communications’ cable systems and on its direct-to-home satellite distributor Star Choice in late April and early... Continue Reading
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Bragg Communications is changing the name of the Atlantic division of Persona, which the Halifax-based communications company acquired in September 2007, to EastLink. The other divisions... Continue Reading