TORONTO – From the ‘interesting summer job’ file, Mobilicity is seeking a blogger to accompany its CEO Dave Dobbin on a two-week trip across Canada.
The wireless carrier has launched…
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OTTAWA – Operating revenues at Canada’s private radio broadcasters topped $1.6 billion in 2010, a modest 3.2% increase from 2009 figures, according to data released by Statistics Canada.
Of those revenues,…
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CALGARY – Alberta became the eighth province to join the Recycle My Cell program, allowing residents to safely and easily recycle their used wireless devices.
The free program, spearheaded by…
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WOODSTOCK, NB – Xplornet Communications has acquired more than 1,300 satellite broadband subscribers predominantly in Alberta and B.C. from NetKaster, a division of Northwestel, the companies announced Friday. Financial…
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TORONTO – Confusion over foreign ownership in the telecom sector still exists, and at least one provider hopes to force the country’s highest court to set the record straight.
According…
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OTTAWA – Bell’s decision to repackage Canadian specialty channel The Cave while continuing to distribute its own like-minded service and a comparable foreign service smacks of undue preference and…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media released its first annual corporate social responsibility report this week, highlighting its major cultural, community and environmental commitments in 2010-2011.
Astral is one of Canada’s…
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WELL, THAT WAS predictable.
We awoke Wednesday morning to a new report on wireless – this time on data roaming charges – from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development….
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is launching the country’s first national bi-weekly sports magazine in an effort to further leverage its Rogers Sportsnet brand.
Starting this Fall, the magazine will focus on…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Toronto’s Caribbean and African communities will be getting their own radio station at last, the CRTC confirmed Thursday.
In 2006, the Commission awarded a licence…
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