TORONTO – In seven years, newcomers to the wireless game in Canada will have about 8.2 million Canadian wireless subscribers (about 24% of the market), says a new report published... Continue Reading
TORONTO – While Bell TV announced on the weekend it has added TSN2 to its channel roster, watch for more pressure to come on a couple of other Canadian carriers... Continue Reading
CLINTON, ON – EastLink, the fifth-largest Canadian cable company, has agreed to purchase Southwestern Ontario cable operator Bluewater TV Cable/Ex-Cen Cablevision from the Stinson family, Cartt.ca has learned. The purchase... Continue Reading
TIVERTON, Ont. – Former Amtelecom chief Michael Andrews will be the next president and CEO of independent telco Bruce Telecom. Richard Martin, chairman of the Bruce board, made the announcement... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, has asked the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to open... Continue Reading
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE have mentioned through 2008 that this has been an especially tumultuous year for the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, and some have questioned its vitality. Regulatory changes,... Continue Reading
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