TORONTO – Cogeco Peer 1 has named Cynthia Jordan-Ford to the role of vice-president and general manager, U.S. and Latin America.
Jordan-Ford (pictured) brings over 25 years of experience in IT sales and service leadership to the role, having held positions with Xerox, Sprint, AT&T, Savvis (CenturyLink), and Virtustream.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, she will be responsible for the tactical and strategic direction of the organization in the United States and Latin American regions, overseeing operations and driving revenue growth.
"We have appointed Cynthia to this role to inspire new levels of innovation and performance and strengthen regional collaboration”, said president Philippe…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. is actively looking at more acquisitions in cable companies in the United States, but has ruled out acquisitions in the data services sector over the next year after a 2016 in which “our results have been disappointing” at subsidiary Peer 1, president Louis Audet said on Thursday at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Montreal.
The company’s year-end financial results were mostly positive, with earnings increasing and a higher dividend to shareholders, both from Cogeco Inc. and subsidiary Cogeco Communications Inc. But a $450-million writedown at Peer 1 technically put the company in the red…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc.'s revenue remained essentially the same at $583.1 million in the first quarter of its fiscal year, ended November 30th 2016, compared to $582.9 million in Q1 2015, the company said in a release Wednesday evening.
Adjusted EBITDA increased by 2.4%, to reach $261.3 million compared to the same period of fiscal 2016 as a result of the improvement in its Communications segment.
Profit for the period amounted to $82 million, compared to $66.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2016. The increase is mainly due to the improvement of adjusted EBITDA combined with the decrease in depreciation…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion launched its new UltraFibre 120 high-speed residential Internet package in several regions of Quebec Wednesday.
The package, available now in the Alma area in the Lac-Saint-Jean region, the Plessisville area in the Centre-du-Québec region, the Valleyfield area in the Montérégie region, and in the Estrie region, promises download speeds of up to 120 Mbps and upload speeds of 10 Mbps (previously limited to 2 Mbps), in addition to monthly data transfer capabilities of 400 GB.
Cogeco has priced UltraFibe 120 with a 400 GB bitcap at $64.95 per month for the first six months, and $94.95 per…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion also unveiled its new television packaging Wednesday, with channels now available either individually or in small theme packages.
Its entry-level package Basic Channels, priced at $25 per month, also includes affiliates of the major American networks and is a prerequisite for other packages or individual channels.
Customers may also create their own My Mix packages of 10, 20, 30 or 40 channels in Ontario, or 10, 15, 20 or 30 channels in Québec, or opt for the ready-made Perfect Mix ($68 per month, with a six month promotional price of $35) or the Ultimate Mix for $95…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion launched Gigabit Internet service to customers in Oakville and Burlington, Ontario on Wednesday.
UltraFibre 1Gig service will roll out in successive phases with deployment in Quebec slated for the spring of 2017. According to the company’s website, pricing starts at $148.95 per month for residential customers and $179.95 per month for business customers.
Cogeco Connexion said it is launching this service to prepare for the ultra-connected homes and businesses of the future, utilizing its hybrid network consisting of coaxial cable (HFC) and 11,000 km of linear fibre running from Windsor, Ontario to Gaspé in Québec.
“With online entertainment…
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MONTREAL – For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, revenue at Cogeco Inc. increased by $18 million, or 3.2%, to reach $572 million driven by growth in the communications segment mainly through the improvement of its American broadband services operations, the company said in a press release announcing its Q4 and fiscal 2016 year-end results.
Adjusted EBITDA increased by 5.6% to reach $258.3 million compared to the same period of fiscal 2015 mainly as a result of the improvement in the Communications segment and profit for the period amounted to $80.7 million, compared to profit for the period of…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Peer 1 is offering cloud connect for ExpressRoute, a secure and high performance connectivity solution for Canadian Microsoft Cloud customers.
As an Azure ExpressRoute partner, Cogeco Peer 1 said that it is now able to deliver a dedicated, secure, high performance connection to Azure, Office 365, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, allowing businesses to leverage all the benefits of a public cloud without the risks associated with typical internet connections.
"Cogeco Peer 1 cloud connect for ExpressRoute enables organizations to bypass the intrinsic security, reliability, and performance risks associated with the internet via secure, dedicated, low latency connectivity to…
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MONTREAL – Videotron, Bell and Cogeco were quick to jump on the CRTC-commissioned broadband report that determined that Internet service providers (ISPs) largely meet or exceed their advertised download and upload speeds.
In a statement, Videotron noted that the report found that its actual download speeds averaged 106% of its advertised speeds between March 15 – April 14, 2016, when the data was collected, and upload speeds were 103% of the advertised speeds.
"Videotron has been an Internet trailblazer: we were pioneers more than 20 years ago and were among the first to offer high-speed service in Québec. Year after year,…
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WATERFORD, CT – Cogeco Communications subsidiary Atlantic Broadband has launched Gigabit internet service in Connecticut, but there’s no indication that its Canadian parent will follow suit any time soon.
Atlantic Broadband's GigaEdge's residential and Pro GigaEdge's business internet services are now available to over 37,000 homes and businesses in eastern Connecticut communities including East Lyme, New London, Niantic, Montville, Oakdale, Quaker Hill, Uncasville and Waterford, according to that company’s news release. Pricing starts at $89.99/month for new residential customers and $249.99/month for new business customers.
But with 120 Mbps currently available to 90% of Cogeco’s footprint in Canada and its top…
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