OTTAWA – Canadian Association of Broadcasters president and CEO Glenn O’Farrell announced today he will be leaving the association early in 2009.
He has been CEO of the organization…
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish telecommunications supplier Ericsson will use energy-efficient products and technology to grow mobile telephony in areas of the world that have never before had access to communication…
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GENEVA – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has accepted the first global standard offering an in-home, high-speed network capable of delivering room-to-room HDTV.
The standard, published under the G.hn…
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TORONTO – Even in bad economic times, consumers will keep paying for cable, Internet and phone services, and choose to compromise in other purchase areas instead, according to Cogeco…
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OTTAWA – An association representing 33,000 high-tech executives is calling on the government to create a $60 billion “infrastructure fund” to help stimulate the economy through job-focused spending.
"We…
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OTTAWA – MTS Allstream said the CRTC missed an opportunity to promote competition and choice by refusing their request for “fairly-priced, mandated access to broadband facilities from the former…
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless has rolled out its 3.5 next generation network across the country.
Calling it “the fastest mobile network in Canada”, the Rogers press release says that…
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MONTREAL – With BCE being returned to its owners (the thousands of common shareholders), the company today announced plans to "return value" to those shareholders with a reinstated common…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Shaw Cable customers in Sportsnet’s Pacific and West regions will now get more programming in HD.
Shaw launched the regional Sportsnet HD channel feeds in…
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WINNIPEG – SaskTel has reached 500,000 wireless accesses in Saskatchewan.
The company announced that a SaskTel customer activated the 500,000th wireless device on their digital network in late November, and…
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