Additional deal would have seen Rogers get Canadian ops for $4.9 billion
By Greg O’Brien
NEW YORK – It was a fast news cycle for Cogeco on Wednesday.
The day opened with the announcement Altice USA, which owns broadband and cable providers Optimum (formerly Cablevision) and Suddenlink, among other assets, offered to buy Cogeco Inc. (CGO) and Cogeco Communications Inc. (CCA) for C$10.3 billion. It submitted the offer to Cogeco on Tuesday after the close of markets and announced it had done so before they opened on Wednesday morning.
Altice also said it entered into an arrangement to sell all of Cogeco’s Canadian…
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GATINEAU — The CRTC today announced it has approved a broadcasting licence for Toon-A-Vision, the kids channel owned and operated by Dartmouth, N.S.-based Atlantic Digital Networks. Toon-A-Vision currently operates as... Continue Reading
Bell and cablecos argue Cabinet proves them right By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Independent and incumbent internet service providers have filed letters to the Federal Court of Appeal explaining the... Continue Reading
By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – At 9 a.m. Saturday, the federal government released its ruling on the cabinet appeal of the CRTC’s August 15, 2019 decision on new wholesale rates third party internet access ISPs must pay incumbent network operators.
It required a few readings to understand.
A year ago today, the CRTC issued an order setting the final rates for wholesale internet access (including over $300 million in retroactive payments) and the large ISPs did not like it one bit. They appealed it to cabinet, consistent with section 12 of the Telecommunications Act. The Act also says that Cabinet…
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Telus supports Bell’s plan to strike Matrix from the record By Greg O'Brien GATINEAU – Of the 11 organizations to respond to the CRTC’s request for comment on Bell Canada’s... Continue Reading
TORONTO — The Canadian Telecom Summit will be a digital-only event this year and has been re-rescheduled for November 17-19, 2020. Traditionally held in June, the in-person conference was postponed... Continue Reading
PETERBOROUGH and MONTREAL — Suppliers Lindsay Broadband and Belgium-based Accelleran announced today Cogeco Communications is testing their one-box small cell solution for LTE deployments in hybrid fibre coax (HFC) networks... Continue Reading
"Scare tactic," says CNOC By Linda Stuart OTTAWA — If the CRTC mandates mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access to wireless incumbents’ networks, Canada’s gross domestic product would be reduced... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. reported solid third quarter results late on Wednesday, recording a 1.4% increase in revenue to $626 million and adjusted EBITDA of $298.4 million, an increase of... Continue Reading
GATINEAU — The CRTC announced Tuesday it’s extending the deadline for interventions to its review of the rate-setting methodology for wholesale telecom services. When the wholesale rate-setting review proceeding was... Continue Reading
