HALIFAX – EastLink launched a new suite of security services for small and medium enterprise customers today.
EastLink Business Internet Security Services will offer customers’ protection in the areas of anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-phising and spam control and are fully compatible with Windows Vista. Business customers can purchase the services based on rates for multiple computers ranging from $5.95 for three computers, $9.95 for 10 computers to $15.95 per month for 20 computers.
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HALIFAX – EastLink today continued its consolidation of eastern cable companies by agreeing to purchase RuSh Communications, which owns cable systems in the Annapolis Valley and other rural Nova Scotia regions.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed but the purchase will close on September 1st, 2007, EastLink said today.
"We’re excited about this purchase because it allows us to expand EastLink’s footprint in Nova Scotia and build an even stronger presence," said Lee Bragg, Co-CEO of EastLink. " We look forward to providing our new customers with the communications and entertainment options that have become synonymous with the…
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HALIFAX – EastLink announced Thursday the introduction of a new and faster high speed Internet product for its customers in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Boasting downloads of up to 15 Megabits per second, Extreme 15 is up to 300% faster than the competition, says the EastLink press release. All High Speed Internet 10 and Internet Bundle customers have now had their download speeds automatically upgraded.
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HALIFAX – EastLink has added A&E HD, Showcase HD and National Geographic HD to its high definition TV channel lineup, the company announced today.
EastLink’s HD package is $4.95 per month and features a variety of popular channels appealing to a range of consumer tastes and interests.
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YARMOUTH, N.S. – Residents of Yarmouth have a new choice in local telephony providers as EastLink announced today it has completed a $4.2 million upgrade of its network to the majority of communities throughout Yarmouth.
"Talking with friends and family just became more affordable for residents of Yarmouth," said EastLink’s director of marketing, Ian Lezama, in a press release. "Residents now have a competitive telephone service and can benefit from additional savings and enjoy the quality and reliability of our digital network."
Later this year, EastLink will complete work to launch business telephone services in the area.
EastLink crews and…
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HALIFAX and AYLMER, ON – Bragg Communications has taken up and paid for all of the units of Amtelecom Income Fund, which ceased trading on the TSX on Monday.
As a result of the $104 million transaction, Amtelecom is now wholly-owned by Bragg Communications, the owner/operators of EastLink.
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HALIFAX – EastLink has plastered its corporate logo on two sides of its ten-story office headquarters at 6080 Young Street in Halifax.
“The decision to brand Young Tower reflects EastLink’s commitment to growth and success within the telecommunications and entertainment market,” said EastLink co-CEO Dan McKeen. “As the primary tenant of this facility, we felt branding the building further solidifies and celebrates EastLink’s commitment to this region.”
The logo on the building is 8 feet hight and 29 feet wide and has individually illuminated channel letters that use Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology that is energy efficient. The signs…
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COMPANIES EXHIBITING at the CommTech Trade Show had a few new things on their tables – and a lot of the old standbys, too. Here are a few of the neat things we found touring around the floor on Wednesday.
Capella Telecommunications was showing for the first time the new, tiny, Fujikura SpliceMate, which is billed as the world’s smallest and most portable fusion splicer. Weighing in at less than two pounds, the splicer is meant for field work basically anywhere and is known for its low loss splices. Also at Capella were the Fujikura BendLite cable assemblies, a…
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HALIFAX – Cableco EastLink has added Major League Baseball Extra Innings to its digital cable TV sports programming. It will be part of EastLink’s new Super Sports Pack, which also includes NHL Centre Ice and NFL Sunday Ticket.
MBL Extra Innings is on free preview for a week, beginning today, for all EastLink digital cable TV customers in available areas.
“With the launch of the MLB, our customers will enjoy access to exclusive content that is not available on satellite,” said EastLink Director of Marketing Ian Lezama. “With the introduction of this content and the coverage of QMJHL Hockey,…
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OTTAWA – Quebecor and MTS Allstream are not alone among telecom and cable firms in their desire for a wireless spectrum auction that would shackle the "big three" mobile phone companies in Canada.
Among those aligned with the Quebec and Manitoba companies that have been leading the charge to have spectrum in the auction set aside for new entrants – and who have also proposed other rules like mandated roaming and tower sharing – include: Cogeco Cable, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, Shaw Communications, EastLink, the Assembly of First Nations and Toronto Hydro Telecom, among others.
The list…
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