VALLEYVIEW, Alta. — Rural Internet service provider Canadian Fiber Optics (CFOC) announced Tuesday the launch of its privately funded, residential 10 Gbps fibre-optic network in Valleyview, Alta., saying it’s the fastest residential Internet network in Canada.
“Thousands of times faster than what is currently offered in most rural communities, the first customers will enjoy blazing fast internet late summer,” reads CFOC’s press release.
Calgary-based CFOC builds, operates and services high-speed fiber networks in rural communities in Western Canada through its Northern Lights Fiber (NLF) brand. In addition to Calgary, CFOC has offices in Grande Prairie, Alta., and Saskatoon.
CFOC says it built…
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced late Tuesday night it is providing host broadcast services for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which tipped off yesterday in Victoria, B.C., where the national teams from Canada, Greece, Turkey, China, Czech Republic and Uruguay are competing for the final spot in the men’s basketball tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo next month.
(Canada won its opening game against Greece in the group phase, 97-91.)
The six-day tournament is being held from June 29 to July 4 at Victoria’s Save-On Foods Memorial Centre arena (pictured above).
Mediapro Canada’s 53-foot expand mobile unit Alto is…
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TORONTO — SOCAN, Canada’s largest music and visual arts rights management organization, has officially appointed Jennifer Brown (above) as its CEO, effective today.
Brown has been the organization’s interim CEO since April 2020, following the announcement at that time of former CEO Eric Baptiste’s resignation.
With her official appointment as CEO, Brown is the first woman to lead SOCAN and the first to be appointed to the role from within the company.
Brown started her career at SOCAN in 1995 as a representative in the organization’s membership department. Since then, she has held progressive leadership positions, including vice-president of SOCAN’s licensing…
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Start.ca wants government to overturn decision; CNOC launches email campaign
CHATHAM, LONDON and OTTAWA — On Monday, independent ISP TekSavvy Solutions filed a notice of motion with the Federal Court of Appeal seeking leave to appeal the CRTC’s recent wholesale third-party Internet access (TPIA) rates decision which reversed the Commission’s August 2019 decision to lower the rates.
Monday was the deadline for parties to file a court appeal against the Commission’s decision.
TekSavvy has already filed a petition to cabinet in May, asking for the CRTC’s 2019 final rates order to be reinstated. In its petition, TekSavvy also asks for CRTC…
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GATINEAU – Long-time CRTC executive director of telecommunications, Chris Seidl (above), is retiring in July.
“While this is wonderful news for Chris and marks the beginning of new and exciting chapter in his life, he will be greatly missed within the sector and throughout the organization,” wrote CRTC chair Ian Scott in an email to Commission staff.
After 14 years as a professional engineer and director of software development at Nortel Networks, Seidl joined the Regulator in 2003. During his time there, Seidl held various roles including director of telecommunications policy, director of new media and technology and director general of…
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TORONTO — NLogic, a Canadian provider of audience analysis software, technology and data integration services to the broadcast and advertising industry, announced this week it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Australia’s Adgile, which provides a performance management platform for TV advertising, to bring its real-time data and analytics capabilities for linear and on-demand TV to Canada.
Through this exclusive deal, NLogic will offer Adgile’s visual AI-enabled Analytics, Attribution and Activation product suite and Catalyst cloud-based performance management platform, making Adgile’s technology available to Canadian customers for the first time.
“Both Adgile and NLogic share a common ambition of creating…
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WATERLOO – The University of Waterloo has begun showcasing a new driverless, autonomous shuttle research program that will transport students and staff around campus (above).
The demonstration of the shuttle, dubbed “WATonoBus” by the research team, is the first of its kind at a Canadian academic institution, reads a press release, and marks a significant milestone in a multi-year initiative to demonstrate and integrate autonomous transportation onto the campus.
The shuttle is “the first in the country to operate remotely over Rogers 5G network, thanks to a Rogers partnership agreement with the University to advance 5G research in the Toronto-Waterloo tech-corridor,”…
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Report wonders if higher-income Canadians willing to subsidize less fortunate
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – After concluding another study on telecom affordability and accessibility, the House of Commons industry committee released a report Tuesday that excoriates the CRTC for issuing a critical decision on wholesale internet rates that it said upsets the very issues the committee was hoping to address.
The CRTC did not, as some wished, open the large national wireless networks to any service provider when it decided in mid-April that only regional carriers with spectrum and networks can lease capacity from the big carriers. Then in May, the…
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TORONTO — The ACTRA performers union today called on Canada’s Senate to quickly pass Bill C-10 now that the proposed legislation to amend the Broadcasting Act has been passed in the House of Commons.
MPs passed the bill by a vote of 196-112 late Monday night (actually in the wee hours of Tuesday morning), just managing to get it done before the House breaks for summer recess today.
“The Senate needs to expedite its consideration of Bill C-10 and pass this legislation as soon as possible,” said ACTRA’s new national president Eleanor Noble, in a press release. “The House of…
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FREDERICTON — Cisco Canada announced today a partnership with New Brunswick’s Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and CyberNB, a non-profit focused on growing Canada’s cybersecurity sector, to deliver cybersecurity skills education and training to upwards of 1,500 high school students over the next three years.
Starting in September 2021, New Brunswick students will have the opportunity to enroll in bilingual Cisco Networking Academy courses through CyberNB, with the potential to earn an industry-recognized credential as a Cisco-certified Cyber Ops Associate. Along the way, students can also earn badges for “Intro to Cybersecurity”, “Cybersecurity Essentials”, “Networking Essentials” and…
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