VANCOUVER and TORONTO — Telus Corporation announced today the sale of its financial solutions business to Dye & Durham, a Toronto-based provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions for the legal community, business professionals, governments and financial institutions.
The transaction, which closed today, is valued at $500 million, according to a Telus press release.
Net proceeds from the transaction “will be used to support strategic growth investments including connecting more homes and businesses to our leading PureFibre network, advancing our 5G network build and investments to support enhancing new areas of growth including our offerings to small and medium sized…
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MISSISSAUGA – The list of finalists for the 2021 Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs), presented by Masthead, is out and Cartt.ca is ecstatic to be on it.
Announced yesterday, Cartt.ca’s 10-part series on Canadian radio is one of five finalists in the category of Best Investigative Article – Business. The series, written by Steve Faguy with Greg O’Brien as editor and publisher, was published in March and April of this year. It features the following articles:
The Future of Radio (Part I): The good, and the bad, of the generic brand trend
The Future of Radio (Part II):…
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TORONTO — Talent development organization WarnerMedia Access Canada announced today several new partnerships and training programs in creative entertainment technology fields, including animation, virtual production, VFX and gaming.
“Partnering with key educational and vocational training centres Think Tank Training Centre and Sheridan College, and industry leaders and changemakers imagineNATIVE, IM4 Media Lab, and Pixelles, these programs will provide opportunities for creatives from historically underrepresented communities and groups to further their education and build career readiness for skilled roles that are in high demand across the industry,” reads a press release.
Vancouver animation school Think Tank Training Centre announced earlier this…
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TPIA providers say they’ve had to make tough financial decisions to stem the bleeding
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Canada’s large telecommunications companies are claiming third party internet service providers have never had it better with the interim bulk internet purchase rates the CRTC made permanent in May.
The telecoms were responding to petitions to the federal government to overturn the May decision filed by large independent internet service provider TekSavvy, ISP National Capital FreeNet, and the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC), an organization representing smaller telecoms who lease network space from the larger carriers. In the decision, the regulator said it…
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GATINEAU — With telecom service providers now required to implement STIR/SHAKEN technology to combat caller ID spoofing, many Canadians will now be able to determine which calls can be trusted, says the CRTC in a press release issued today.
As of Nov. 30, service providers are mandated to use STIR/SHAKEN (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited/Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) to “certify whether a caller’s identity can be trusted by verifying the caller ID information for Internet Protocol-based voice calls,” explains the press release.
The CRTC notes in the release “not all calls will be verifiable due to device and network…
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TORONTO — CBC & Radio-Canada Media Solutions announced today Hisham Ghostine (above) has been promoted to executive director of digital monetization, sales, marketing and Olympics for CBC/Radio-Canada, effective immediately.
Originally hired by CBC/Radio-Canada in May 2021, Ghostine’s new role broadens his existing portfolio of sales and marketing for Toronto, Western Canada and Olympics, explains a press release.
Still based in Toronto, Ghostine now has “overall responsibility for revenue generation and management on all sales tiers and platforms. Through the development of strategic initiatives and strong relationships with key internal and external partners, he will work to develop and sustain a…
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“Heroic team of rebels” take on all-powerful PhoneCorp
CHATHAM, Ont. — Independent ISP TekSavvy today launched its first-ever comic book, The Intrepid Savvies, featuring “a heroic team of rebels living in a dark future ruled by one all-powerful company: PhoneCorp,” says a blog post by Peter Nowak, TekSavvy’s vice-president of insight and engagement.
“In this dystopia, PhoneCorp runs the government and has the population living in fear of crippling overage charges. The Savvies learn the secret of how this came to be and enact a plan to set things right,” Nowak writes.
The comic book features artwork from Toronto’s RAID Studio, and…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) announced today the 2022 drama series stream cohort of its International Co-production Accelerator Program (ICAP) and congratulated those who completed the feature film stream.
ICAP, which is being presented virtually due to Covid-19, “features masterclass presentations with industry leaders from across the international production arena,” a press release says.
“Program participants have the opportunity to engage in training sessions and one-on-one project consultations focused on international financing, content development, legal affairs, distribution, and marketing strategies for feature film and drama series projects,” says the release.
“Programming for each stream is tailored to connect producers from…
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MONTREAL — Cloud services and virtualization software provider VMware announced today a partnership with Mitacs, a non-profit research organization that connects industry with Canadian academic institutions, and launched its Digital Equity Grid Innovation initiative (also known as TETRA).
The initiative, which is aligned with VMware’s Automated Life vision, “aims to advance applied research that will play a critical role in paving a sustainable path for 6G,” a press release says.
VMware and Mitacs plan to establish a TETRA research and innovation centre in Montreal, in partnership with the IEEE Future Networks Initiative (FNI). TETRA and FNI will collaborate…
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HALIFAX — As The PIER at the Seaport in Halifax prepares to open its doors on Thursday, Bell Canada announced earlier this week it is joining as a founding partner and the exclusive telecommunications provider for The PIER’s “living lab”, which is providing a collaborative workspace for innovators in the transportation, supply chain and logistics industries.
Bell will deploy its 5G-ready managed wireless private network throughout The PIER (short for Port Innovation, Engagement and Research) so companies collaborating in the space “can benefit from robust connectivity and coverage in a secure environment,” reads a press release.
Bell’s 5G network “will…
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