MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable rolled out its Turbo 20 and Ultimate 55 High Speed Internet packages in Belleville and Trenton, ON on Monday.
The Turbo 20 package offers a download speed of up to 20 Mbps and upload speed of up to 2 Mbps, as well as a monthly data transfer capacity of 150 GB. The Ultimate 55 package offers speeds of up to 55 Mbps for downloads and up to 2 Mbps for uploads with monthly data transfer capacity of 275 GB. Both packages also include Cogeco’s full suite of security services at no extra charge.
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QUINCY, MA and PRINCETON, NJ – Cogeco Cable subsidiary Atlantic Broadband, as well as Grande Communications and RCN are the first U.S. cable providers to offer Netflix through the same set-top box used to watch live television.
The companies said Friday that the Netflix App will be fully integrated into their TiVo DVR service distributed by the three providers, meaning customers who subscribe to Netflix will be able to access the OTT service in addition to live TV, On Demand shows and other web content through one single device.
The partnership eliminates the complexity of multiple boxes, remote controls, input…
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MONTREAL – Gary Sherlock has resigned from his duties as president and CEO of Cogeco Cable’s wholly-owned subsidiary Peer 1 Hosting to pursue other opportunities, Cogeco announced Wednesday.
Effective immediately, Cogeco Data Services (CDS) president and CEO Tony Ciciretto will add Peer 1’s president and CEO duties to his current portfolio. In addition, Sheila Bouman, formerly chief people and performance officer, has been promoted to the position of executive vice president and managing director of Peer 1 Hosting.
"On behalf of the Board and our employees, I wish to thank Gary for his leadership and support and…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable underwent a small reorganization this week, cutting 11 employees this week, Cartt.ca has confirmed.
The cuts came in the company’s Burlington, Trois-Rivières and Montréal offices, a spokesperson confirmed.
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable announced today the enhancement of its Express 10 and Ultimate 30 and 40 Internet residential packages in Quebec and Ontario. Current subscribers will be able to benefit from this improvement shortly, as the upgrades to the respective packages will gradually be rolled out in a seamless manner, the company said in its release.
The Express 10 High Speed Internet package upgrade includes an upload speed increase from up to 1.5 Mbps to up to 2 Mbps, at no additional cost in both regions
In Quebec, the Ultimate 40 High Speed Internet package upgrade includes a download speed…
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CALGARY and MONTREAL – Last week the two biggest Canadian cable companies without traditional wireless assets told their shareholders and other investors they see their wireless future in Wi-Fi – and they plan to lobby the federal government hard for more spectrum.
On March 31st, the Federal Communications Commission altered some of its rules on unlicensed wireless spectrum, making more of it available to network providers in the 5 GHz band. “The new rules will make 100 MHz of spectrum more accessible for use in homes and congested spaces like convention centers, parks, and airports and increase the potential for…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable launched three new business high speed Internet (HSI) packages in Belleville and Trenton, ON on Monday.
Powered by DOCSIS 3.0 technology, the new Business 28, Business Premium and Business Ultimate packages offer competitive speeds at advantageous pricing to address every business's specific needs, according to the company’s news release. All three packages include unlimited data transfer, easy access to static IP addresses, numerous email addresses, as well as Cogeco's security services optimized by F-Secure, a worldwide leader in the field of Internet security.
Existing Cogeco Business Solutions Internet customers in Belleville and Trenton will also…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco’s nascent U.S. acquisitions helped to offset weak Canadian results for the second quarter of 2014.
Revenue for the period ended February 28, 2014 increased by 13.1% ($60.0 million) to $518.5 million, driven by the cable segment, mainly as a result of the full quarter impact of the acquisition of Peer 1 Hosting, combined with favorable foreign exchange rates and organic growth from all operating units.
Adjusted EBITDA increased by 13.2% ($25.8 million) to $221.6 million compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Profit for the period amounted to $58.5 million, up from $49.0 million for the same period of…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable continues to extend the reach of its home phone service, launching this week in the Quebec municipalities of Pabos, Chandler and Pabos Mills.
All Cogeco customers and the majority of the residents from these areas can subscribe to Cogeco's Home Phone service with a launch offer starting at $9.99 per month, with a subscription to the company’s digital TV and/or high speed Internet service.
Cogeco is offering three different packages – the Basic Line package, the Select package, and the Freedom package. Customers may then personalize their package with calling features that include voice mail, call display, call waiting,…
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OTTAWA and MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable Canada has been named Company of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology, (formerly known as Canadian Women in Communications), for 2013.
"The role of women in the organization is of the greatest importance to us here at Cogeco," said Cogeco Cable Canada president and CEO Louise St-Pierre, in a statement. “We firmly believe that our strengths lie, among other things, in our ability to attract the very best talent. The fact that women occupy so many senior executive positions at Cogeco is a clear indication of their significant contributions to the company's…
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