January 30, 2012 14 years ago

Bell Aliant joins Eastern Ontario broadband project

HALIBURTON COUNTY, ON – Bell Aliant has won a local access contract to provide more than 24,000 homes and businesses improved access to high-speed Internet in portions of a… Continue Reading

January 30, 2012 14 years ago

Rogers extends LTE to more Montreal-area cities

TORONTO – Rogers’ Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network is now available in more cities surrounding Montréal, including Laval, Terrebonne, Brossard, Longueuil and Vaudreuil, and will expand to more than… Continue Reading

January 30, 2012 14 years ago

Capacity-based billing for ISPs kicks in Wednesday

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The new wholesale rates for independent Internet service providers (ISPs) will be implemented on schedule starting Wednesday. The CRTC confirmed on Friday that large telephone and cable companies will proceed… Continue Reading

January 30, 2012 14 years ago

Regulator resolution results in rural rate rise

REGINA – The CRTC has approved SaskTel’s request to raise the rates charged to its customers in High Cost Serving Areas (areas outside of Saskatchewan’s nine largest urban centres) “The… Continue Reading

January 30, 2012 14 years ago

Fortier promoted to CFO at Astral to succeed Gagnon

MONTREAL – Astral Media’s senior vice-president and chief financial officer, Claude Gagnon will retire tomorrow after over 20 years at Astral. "Claude has been one of the architects of Astral's… Continue Reading

January 27, 2012 14 years ago

Chris Seidl named CRTC’s executive director, telecom

GATINEAU – Chris Seidl has been promoted to executive director, telecommunications, it was announced today.

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January 26, 2012 14 years ago

SPECTRUM: Wind calls auction cap proposal from Telus “laughable”

TORONTO – Wind Mobile has taken issue with the wireless spectrum auction caps proposal put forward by Telus, saying there is nothing fair about it. “Caps are no different… Continue Reading

January 26, 2012 14 years ago

Profits top 20% at Cogeco Inc.

MONTREAL – Profits at Cogeco Inc. were up by 20.4% for its first quarter of 2012, largely on the strength of its Canadian operations. The Montreal-based company said Thursday that… Continue Reading

January 26, 2012 14 years ago

With no wireless or TV plans, Cogeco happy to be a mid-sized telecom, cable, radio player

MONTREAL – While its competitors in the telecom industry are becoming more vertically integrated, Cogeco president and CEO Louis Audet says his company is comfortable in its position as… Continue Reading

January 26, 2012 14 years ago

Netflix subscriptions climb steadily in Canada

LOS GATOS, CA – Approximately 1.2 million Canadians have signed up for Netflix, the U.S. based streaming service reported. In a note to shareholders announcing its fourth quarter financial results,… Continue Reading