MONTRÉAL — Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc. announced today the appointment of Linda Gillespie (above) to the position of senior vice-president and chief human resources officer, effective April 4.
Based at the company’s head office in Montréal, Gillespie “will lead the human resources team in empowering colleagues across the organization and foster a highly collaborative, engaging and inclusive work environment,” reads a Cogeco press release announcing her hiring.
Gillespie is a senior human resources professional with more than two decades of experience in various industries including telecommunications, according to the press release.
Most recently, she was senior vice-president of human…
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MONTRÉAL – Cogeco announced today the company and its employees raised $496,000 for the United Way through their participation in the annual United Way campaign in Ontario and Centraide campaign in Québec.
“Firmly committed to its communities and driven by a profound desire to give back, Cogeco has been involved for many years in the United Way/Centraide fundraising campaign, which aims to raise and invest funds locally to break the cycle of poverty and exclusion,” a press release explains.
Cogeco is committed to its corporate social responsibility program, having invested over $16.7 million in cash donations and airtime to 700 North…
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MONTRÉAL – Cogeco has wanted to move into wireless for several years now, and while progress has been made towards that goal, it has been a marathon, not a sprint.
This was clear last Friday during an annual press briefing prior to the company’s annual general meeting, when Cogeco president and CEO Philippe Jetté highlighted the continued development of the company’s mobile wireless plans as one of its achievements of the year. (While Jetté gave his speech in French, Cogeco provided an English translation.)
Jetté listed Cogeco’s acquisition of 38 new spectrum licences last July and the CRTC’s decision last…
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MONTRÉAL – Cogeco Inc. reported its first quarter 2022 results today, which show its revenue increased by 15.3% to $745.3 million compared to the previous year while profits declined 1.1% to $119.1 million.
Cogeco also reported adjusted EBITDA increased 10.4% to $354.4 million.
On a constant currency basis, for the quarter ended Nov. 30, Cogeco reported revenues were up 18% compared to the previous year, mainly due to an increase in American broadband services revenue by 31% in constant currency, an increase in Canadian broadband services revenue by 8.2% and a decrease in revenue from media activities by 2.6%, according to…
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MONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. today unveiled its first Climate Action Plan and its Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures (TCFD) report, which outlines the key steps the company is taking to address climate change as well as its processes and strategies to assess and manage climate-related risks and opportunities.
“This plan aims to facilitate access to all the information related to our climate change strategy,” reads a Cogeco press release.
“Climate action must be a priority for all industries as a continued collective effort is required to build a prosperous and sustainable economy. Cogeco is determined to demonstrate strong and…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. announced yesterday its fiscal results for its fourth quarter ended Aug. 31, which showed revenue increased 4.9% to $655.1 million compared to the same period last year.
On a constant currency basis, revenue increased 8.4%. This was attributed to growth in the company’s Canadian broadband services revenue, which increased 10.1% mainly due to the company’s acquisition of DeryTelecom last December.
Revenue growth was also attributed “to growth in the number of Internet service customers and a higher value product mix, combined with rate increases implemented by certain services, partly offset by a decline in video and telephony…
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QUEBEC CITY — The federal and Quebec governments today announced they are providing $6.3 million in funding to Cogeco as part of the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed initiative to support the deployment of high-speed Internet services to 690 households in Les Basques Regional County Municipality by September 2022.
The total cost of the broadband project is $7.7 million, which includes Cogeco’s contribution. The municipalities covered by the project include Sainte-Françoise, Sainte-Rita, Saint-Guy, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Clément and Saint Médard.
“Cogeco is currently taking inventory to confirm the exact number of households that currently do not have access to high-speed Internet and will be…
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BURLINGTON, Ont. — Cogeco Connexion, the Canadian cable subsidiary of Cogeco Communications, announced today it has hired Chris Burke as the company’s new vice-president of digital and analytics.
His appointment was effective Nov. 1.
Most recently, Burke served as vice-president of digital technology at Manulife’s Global Wealth and Asset Management business, “where he was in charge of the evolution of the technology that powers Manulife’s Global Digital ambitions,” reads a Cogeco Connexion press release.
“I am thrilled to welcome Chris into the Cogeco family,” said Frédéric Perron, president of Cogeco Connexion, in the release. “His over 25 years of expertise in…
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Receives Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta Seal
MONTREAL — Cogeco announced today it has been awarded the inaugural Terra Carta Seal from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), in recognition of the telecom company’s sustainable business initiatives.
Cogeco is one of 44 companies worldwide to receive the 2021 Terra Carta Seal, “which recognises global companies that are driving innovation and demonstrating their commitment to, and momentum towards, the creation of genuinely sustainable markets,” reads a Cogeco press release.
The seal is awarded to companies whose ambitions are aligned with the Terra Carta (Earth Charter), “a recovery plan for Nature,…
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BURLINGTON, Ont. — In a new brand campaign that first launched in August, Cogeco has been putting the spotlight on its local employees and the communities where they live and work.
The company’s “Your Local Connection” campaign has included billboard and bus shelter ads, website and social media ads, as well as 30- and 90-second online videos and TV commercials.
Starting August 23, the billboard and bus shelter ads have appeared in various Ontario communities, including Belleville, Burlington, Chatham-Kent, Cornwall, Hamilton, Kingston, Leamington, Niagara, North Bay, Peterborough, Sarnia, St. Catharines and Windsor.
The video ads went live at the beginning of October…
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