Eastlink announced Tuesday the launch of its mobile service and opening of a new retail location in Tracadie, New Brunswick, as part of the company’s ongoing investment in expanding wireless service throughout the northern part of the province.
“We’ve been working hard over the past couple of years to expand our mobile service throughout Northern New Brunswick,” Eastlink CEO Jeff Gillham said in a press release. “Our local team is thrilled to welcome customers in Tracadie as we continue the work of completing our network along the Acadian Peninsula.”
Steve Irvine, vice president of engineering and chief technology…
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Corus and Eastlink announced Thursday that a carriage dispute dating back almost exactly a year ago has been resolved.
Beginning today, Eastlink television subscribers will again have access to Corus’s 33 channels, which include dramas, comedies, kids content, factual, lifestyle and reality series. That premium programming will be available through Corus’s theme packs, which start at $7 per month but can be bundled together at a discounted rate.
Before the dispute, Eastlink subscribers had the Corus channels at no extra charge as part of their TV packages, a spokesperson confirmed.
“We are excited for Eastlink subscribers to once again…
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Rogers is the leading fixed broadband provider in Canada for overall experience, according to a new report from U.K.-based mobile analytics firm Opensignal.
“Rogers, which now includes Shaw customers, is recognized for the best overall experience more frequently than any other provider in our report,” Opensignal says.
When compared to other national fixed broadband providers including Bell, Telus and Starlink, Rogers secured three outright national wins for consistent quality, download speed and video experience, according to the report. In addition, it achieved 21 wins (11 outright wins and 10 joint wins) across various…
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Regulator says it is aiming for wholesale internet decision by end of summer
By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC said Friday it will not immediately decide whether the three largest telecommunications companies should be banned from accessing the large telcos’ bundled middle- and last-mile fibre facilities, effectively greenlighting Bell, Rogers, and Telus to ride on those networks in the interim.
A consortium made up of Bell, Cogeco, Eastlink, TekSavvy, and the indie rep the Competitive Network Operators of Canada filed a late March request for the CRTC to rule that the Big 3 are banned from accessing Bell’s and Telus’s fibre facilities…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell’s joint request of the CRTC to permanently block the three largest telecommunications companies from accessing its bundled fibre facilities is an attempt to nullify the competitive impact of the interim access regime, Rogers and Telus argued earlier this month.
The country’s largest telco partnered with wholesale competitors to ask the regulator in a procedural request to clarify that the Big 3 are ineligible to access the bundled middle- and last-mile facilities of Bell and Telus before the May 7 deadline to implement the interim regime in Quebec and Ontario. The CRTC did not explicitly…
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Eastlink announced Tuesday it is introducing its latest mobile service evolution with easyTab Flex, offering the lowest device pricing paired with the best plan price.
Eastlink has long offered an easyTab device financing program, which allows customers to purchase a phone with equal payments over a 24-month term.
The new easyTab Flex program offers Eastlink wireless customers an upfront credit towards the balance of their device easyTab at the time of purchase on select devices, providing customers with a reduced monthly tab contribution dependent on their agreeing to return the device in good…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC is asking for comments by Friday on a request by a consortium of internet service providers urging the regulator to rule on the eligibility of the big three telecoms to lease bundled access to middle and last mile fibre facilities both under the interim, and any future permanent, mandated regime.
The consortium – which is made up of Bell, Cogeco, Eastlink, TekSavvy, and the indie rep the Competitive Network Operators of Canada – filed a request dated March 28 to the CRTC asking for a final ruling before May 7 on whether Bell, Rogers, Telus and…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers wants the CRTC to limit the time telcos reserve space to attach wireless equipment on their own poles, according to a submission to the regulator.
The ask comes in response to a consultation launched by the commission inquiring, among other items, about whether it has jurisdiction over wireless attachments on telco-owned or controlled structures. The CRTC holds the preliminary view that it has concurrent jurisdiction over those structures with the department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), which has domain over towers and siting.
Beside recommending that the CRTC confirm that jurisdiction – which…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The country’s largest broadcasters are asking the CRTC to wait until it has implemented the rules from the Online Streaming Act before it does anything to the rate that broadcasters must pay to carry certain television programs.
Not-for-profit media company Accessible Media Inc. filed a Part 1 application in February asking the regulator to up the price broadcasters pay it to carry its English-language AMI-tv and French-language AMI-tele programs, citing financial difficulties. It is asking for “modest” 1 cent and 2 cent increases per subscriber per month for the programs, respectively, until the next licence…
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Building on its introduction of the TiVo Stream service to its customers last year, Halifax-based Eastlink on Tuesday launched its latest video stream innovation, the TiVo Stream Mobile App.
“We’re on a mission to do things differently,” Eastlink CEO Jeff Gillham said in a press release. “Our team has worked hard to enhance the TiVo Stream experience to reflect what our customers have told us about how they want to use TiVo Stream. The evolution of this app takes the experience of TiVo Stream to the next level giving our customers even more flexibility to watch…
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