MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion today announced the availability of its residential and business gigabit Internet offering in many of its Ontario markets.
This will include new, next generation Internet Wi-Fi equipment, as well.
The up to 1 Gbps service is now available in: Acton, Amherstview, Ancaster, Bath, Beamsville, Burlington, Campbellville, Carlisle, Dundas, Elora, Fergus, Flamborough, Freelton, Gananoque, Georgetown, Greenville, Grimsby, Hamilton, Kingston, Millgrove, Millhaven, Milton, Napanee, Oakville, Odessa, Rockwood, Speyside, Stewarttown, Stoney Creek, Vineland, Waterdown and Winona.
"Today's announcement is further evidence of our unwavering commitment to providing our customers the means to effectively navigate evolving technology as well as to…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has extended the deadline for comments and replies on whether or not the radio market in and around Quebec City can sustain more stations.
The Commission issued a call for comments earlier this month regarding the market capacity and appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications in Quebec City, as well as Sainte-Marie and the Regional County Municipality of Portneuf, both of which are small towns within transmitter range of Quebec City.
On Monday, it issued amendments to all three of those Broadcasting Notices of Consultation, pushing out the deadline for submitting…
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Customers can keep TiVo though
MONTREAL – Cogeco Connexion will roll out the MediaFirst IPTV platform from MediaKind (previously Ericsson Media Solutions) to its Canadian cable customers starting next year.
The company said Tuesday that the MediaFirst platform will offer customizable video content, wireless receivers, voice activated controls, and access to Android Google Mobile Services “for a complete video offering”. MediaFirst is the same video platform deployed by Bell Fibe, Telus Optik, and SaskTel's MaxTV, and this decision from Cogeco diverges from the path set by Shaw, Rogers and Videotron, who chose Comcast's X1 platform for their next generation TV offering.
It…
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OTTAWA — Canada’s largest, vertically integrated BDUs have a little over a year to start providing set-top box data to a national STB-based audience measurement system — a new condition of licence imposed by the CRTC when it announced August 2 the collective renewal of soon-to-expire licences for various terrestrial BDUs.
As it renews their respective licences for a new term starting September 1, 2018, the CRTC is imposing a condition of licence on Bell, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron that will require them to provide the set-top box (STB) data they collect regarding programming services they distribute to a national…
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MONTREAL — Cogeco Communications announced Monday that Susan Bowen (right) has been appointed to the position of president of Cogeco Peer 1, the company’s business information and communications technology services subsidiary. Bowen’s appointment will be effective September 1.
The change in leadership follows the appointment of Philippe Jetté, current president of Cogeco Peer 1, to the position of president and CEO of Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc., announced in May and effective September 1.
Bowen is currently vice-president and general manager, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), at Cogeco Peer 1. In her mandate as president of Cogeco Peer…
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OTTAWA –The responses filed to ISED’s consultations on the 3500 MHz and 3800 MHz band pit incumbent fixed wireless service providers against mobile operators eager to deploy 5G services. The terrestrial operators, however, face opposition from satellite operators eager to protect the C-band. Caught up in the cross-fire are customers and communities who are reliant on existing services – both terrestrial and satellite.
Comments by a number of parties have been posted in response to Gazette Notice SLPB-004-18 — Consultation on Revisions to the 3500 MHz Band to Accommodate Flexible Use and Preliminary Consultation on Changes to the…
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Consumers, employees, stakeholders encouraged to come forward
OTTAWA – Canadians who have been on the receiving end of misleading or aggressive retail sales practices from the country’s telecommunication companies will now have the opportunity to tell their story to the CRTC. We suppose those who've had good experiences can also tell their stories, too, should the urge strike them.
The Commission said Monday it is kicking off an inquiry on whether high-pressure and unsavoury sales tactics are used by Canada’s large telecommunications service providers. It wants to hear from consumers – including those who are vulnerable due to their age,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. CEO Louis Audet has long said his company would get into wireless if, and only if, it made economic sense for him and Cogeco shareholders.
That means he’s always wanted to do it profitably – which of course meant he was never going to sink hundreds of millions of dollars into overbuilding wireless infrastructure in the company’s Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec footprint, or beyond. “We like to eat our cake and still have it… that’s our philosophy,” Audet told financial analysts this morning on a conference call discussing the company’s third quarter results.
Regulations had to…
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MONTREAL – Third quarter revenues at Cogeco Inc. rose by 11.6% to $669 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 (ended May 31st) while adjusted earnings rose 12.1% compared to Q3 2017 to $297 million – thanks in large part to a U.S. acquisition completed in the beginning of the calendar year, the company announced Wednesday evening.
Free cash flow increased by 5.3% to $115.5 million, compared to the prior year’s quarter.
Revenue was driven by growth of 15% in the Communications segment as result of the January 2018 acquisition of Harron Communications, cablesystems…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Communications added to its spectrum holdings in Ontario this week after buying ten spectrum licences in the 2500 MHz paired spectrum band from Kian Telecom for $8 million.
The licenses cover a population of over 1.5 million residents in non-metropolitan areas scattered across Eastern and Southern Ontario.
Innovation, Science & Economic Development (ISED) approved the licence transfer on Thursday after determining that the move would “not result in a significant change in spectrum concentration in the licence areas.”
“This acquisition marks another step in a disciplined approach to providing wireless services to our customers,” said Cogeco’s SVP strategy and…
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