OTTAWA – Almost three-quarters (74.3%) of Canadian households reported having a cell phone in 2008, up from 72.4% in 2007, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
The proportion of…
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TIVERTON, ON – Bruce Telecom has named Laurel Stein as it’s new CFO, effective immediately.
Stein, who succeeds William Sipprell who retired in March, is a Chartered Accountant with “extensive”…
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TORONTO – Moses Znaimer’s ZoomerMedia is buying VisionTV’s broadcasting assets in a deal worth $25 million.
VisionTV (VTV) operates the multi-faith and multicultural channel by the same name that is…
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WINNIPEG – An agreement in principle on the recapitalization of Canwest Global Communications was due today, but in keeping with recent history, yet another dollar deadline has been moved….
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TORONTO – “This is our market,” said Barrett Xplore CEO John Maduri, pointing to a slide on the screen.
What we saw during the Canadian Telecom Summit session on…
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TORONTO – Canadians may soon be able to send and receive money using their mobile phone, thanks to a new application called Zoompass.
Launched Monday by mobile commerce company EnStream,…
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TORONTO – Globalive Wireless placed Canada’s first Advanced Wireless Network (AWS) call Saturday, proving the viability of it’s next generation wireless network.
The AWS band uses microwave frequencies for…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has asked the government to cut the fees that it pays for cellular and personal communications service licences.
In response to…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Canada’s AM and FM radio stations generated $1.58 billion in revenues for the broadcast year ending August 31, 2008, an increase of just over 5%…
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MILVERTON, Ont. – When we writers offer up a dateline, or placeline to begin a story, like the one here that denotes the little town west of Kitchener I…
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