TORONTO – Bell and Telus could be the winners when the 700 MHz wireless spectrum hits the auction block, predicts one industry analyst.Responding to Cartt.ca’s report that Industry Minister Clement may... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Bell Canada’s announcement this morning that it will spend $1.3 billion for all of CTV looks like a bid to protect and power a lot of its asset... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Videotron officially launched its own wireless service Thursday morning in a glitzy, televised press conference held simultaneously in Montreal and Quebec City.Its new "3G+" service is available immediately... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Leave it to CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein to set the record straight.In a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail on Wednesday, von Finckenstein strongly denied... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Let the battle for Quebec’s mobile customers begin.Quebecor Media and Videotron will unveil its new 3G+ wireless network this Thursday, the company said Tuesday. President and CEO Pierre... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canadian author Margaret Atwood is contributing to the hype around Quebecor’s proposed new Sun TV news channel – whether she means to, or not.Earlier this week, Atwood tweeted... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – On November 19th, the day after the CRTC is set to wrap up its look at the DTH satellite TV policies, the Regulator will hear Quebecor Media’s request... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Most stakeholders agree that the CRTC’s new community TV policy did little to lessen cable’s firm grip on the country’s community channels. But even some of the country’s... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC is poised to release two key policy decisions this week.Cartt.ca has learned that the Commission’s community TV policy will most likely be released on Thursday, just days... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Should broadband be deemed an essential service for all Canadians in the same way as basic telephone service?Count the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) firmly on the ‘yes’... Continue Reading