AS THE WORLDWIDE WIRELESS market in the developed world approaches saturation – with carriers offering little compelling differentiation except for price points and minor signal quality advances, growth will…
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OTTAWA – It’s not just the creative side of the industry that objects to the purchase of Alliance Atlantis by Goldman Sachs and CanWest Global (and even the…
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ESPOO, Finland – A potential recall surrounding some 46 million batteries in Nokia mobile phones was issued this morning by one of the largest cell phone makers in the…
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TORONTO – With turmoil in credit markets gaining heat over the past weeks, there has been some speculation about the status of the $51.7 billion purchase of Bell…
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MIRABEL, Que. – Canadian manufacturer Kangaroo Media will see its in-stadium multimedia service expanded into additional National Football League stadiums this coming fall.
Kangaroo and DirecTV announced the expansion…
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ST. JOHN’s – Aliant has added a high speed premium Internet service in St. John’s NL, the company announced today.
The Halifax-based telco has spent $14 million in the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless has expanded its much-marketed MY5 service to Canada-wide calling and has also launched a MySpace Mobile subscription service on a selection of its mobile phones….
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Ten-digit dialing will come to the 418 area code on in 13 months, the CRTC announced today.
The transition to 10-digit dialing will be gradually implemented beginning…
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CALGARY – Setanta Sports’ professional soccer and rugby from the English Premier League, the Rugby World Cup and the Aussie Football League will be available beginning this weekend to…
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TORONTO – Saying that the proposed sale of Alliance Atlantis violates Canadian media foreign ownership rules, the Coalition of Canadian Audio Visual Unions has told the CRTC the deal…
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