Aliant adds speed

SAINT JOHN – Aliant announced today that its High-Speed Ultra service now boasts speeds up to three times faster than the company’s regular high speed digital subscriber line service…. Continue Reading

Shaw family buys more Corus

CALGARY – Corus Entertainment said today that its controlling shareholder, the Shaw Family and entities owned or controlled by them, completed the purchase of an additional 126,200 class B… Continue Reading

Rogers, Intel, Redline, test WiMax

TORONTO – Ted Rogers’ Muskoka cottage took centre stage today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. His place on Lake Rosseau, about two hours north of Toronto,… Continue Reading

New Telecom Act required

OTTAWA – A number of Canada’s leading information technology companies (Rogers and Bell, for example) have united to urge the government to modernize the Telecommunications Act in order to… Continue Reading

Westman buys Shilo

BRANDON, Man. – Westman Communications added the Shilo Canadian Forces Base cable system in a purchase this summer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Westman will get… Continue Reading

Telecom a “critical priority” says Emerson

REGINA and SASKATOON – Industry Minister David Emerson touched on the telecommunications sector in speeches to the Regina and Saskatoon Chambers of Commerce today. Calling telecom a “critical priority”, Emerson added… Continue Reading

TECHNOLOGY: HomePlug AV spec approved

SAN RAMON, Calif. – The HomePlug Powerline Alliance, which oversees the growing industry of interconnecting media devices in the home through the electrical system, last week announced that its… Continue Reading