TORONTO — Branded Cities, a leading out-of-home (OOH) media company, today announced it has signed a new long-term agreement with Rogers Sports and Media to re-develop the Rogers Tower (above) which houses its Citytv studio in downtown Toronto.
The tower overlooks Yonge-Dundas Square, located in the heart of Toronto at the busy intersection of Yonge and Dundas streets. Rogers first acquired the tower at 33 Dundas St. E. in 2007 as the new home of the company’s Citytv and OMNI Television stations.
A complete overhaul of the Rogers Tower will begin in the third quarter of 2021, where Branded Cities will…
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But really, everyone is pretty good, winning in one metric or another…
SEATTLE — According to Seattle-based Ookla’s latest Speedtest Global Index, Telus was the fastest mobile operator among the top Canadian providers in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Using Speedtest Intelligence data from October to December 2020, Ookla gave Telus a speed score of 87.88 (calculated using results from devices built on modern chipsets). The next-highest speed score in Q4 2020 was awarded to Bell (84.51), followed by Rogers (73.05), Rogers’s flanker brand Fido (71.64) and Shaw’s Freedom Mobile (35.62).
In terms of latency, Freedom Mobile had the lowest…
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Telus achieves lowest network latency
SEATTLE — As was the case in the previous quarter, Rogers Communications ranked as the fastest fixed broadband provider among top Canadian providers in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Seattle-based Ookla’s latest Speedtest Global Index measurement of network speeds in Canada.
Based on Speedtest Intelligence data from October to December 2020, Ookla awarded Rogers a fixed-broadband speed score of 147.12. Close behind was Canada’s other big cable company Shaw Communications with a speed score of 146.96, followed by Telus (105.9), Bell Canada (103.62), Cogeco (98.27), Videotron (94.65) and TekSavvy (39.36).
Ookla’s speed score…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Canada’s largest telecoms are telling the Supreme Court of Canada a lower court fumbled a decision in favour of lower wholesale rates by attributing a line of reasoning that was allegedly never made by the CRTC, abrogating its responsibilities to review the correctness of the regulator’s decision.
That line of reasoning is based on how the CRTC structured its decision in the summer of 2019, when it ordered a lower rate at which smaller telecoms pay for and sell bandwidth from the larger telecoms. At issue in front of the Federal Court of Appeal was whether…
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CALGARY and EDMONTON — Last week, Sportsnet announced it will continue to deliver exclusive regional coverage of Alberta’s NHL franchises through a multi-year regional broadcast rights extension with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
Sportsnet has been the regional broadcaster of the two teams for the past 10 years, and the extended agreement will see the Rogers-owned sports network remain as the exclusive home to all Oilers and Flames games through the 2023-24 NHL season. Financial terms were not disclosed.
“As Canada’s home of hockey, we celebrate the passion Western Canadian fans have for these storied franchises and are proud to…
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By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – Late in 2019, in following up its universal service objective decision, the CRTC decided to study the barriers to building new facilities or to accessing or interconnecting with existing facilities in order to extend broadband networks more efficiently into underserved areas, including areas where, due to a lack of such networks, speeds don’t meet the service objectives.
Of course, in March 2020, the pandemic hit, and a vast number of Canadians went home to work, becoming completely dependent on their home’s high-speed Internet to continue work and school. Access to high-speed Internet rapidly became a political…
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WATERLOO – Five projects announced today by Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) will deliver broadband service down 130 kilometres of roads within the region of Waterloo, bringing better connectivity to more than 1,000 homes and businesses.
Including the investments from the companies and SWIFT (whose money comes from the federal, Ontario and local governments), over $11.6 million will be spent on these upgrades, says a SWIFT release.
SWIFT will cover $7.8 million of the costs of the five fibre-to-the-home projects.
The projects are:
North Frontenac Telephone Corporation has been awarded funding to support two FTTH projects which will collectively service 103…
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Feds again being asked to compensate for transitions
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – The federal government has historically not compensated companies that must relocate their services to different spectrum bands to make room for emerging technologies. But companies with a vested interest in the repurposing of the C-band spectrum for 5G technology are urging the a change to that position.
Over the air (OTA) broadcasters had to absorb the cost of moving off the 700 MHz band for broadband use years ago. Broadcasters were told more recently by Innovation Canada (ISED) that they wouldn’t be financially covered for the millions of dollars…
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Adds 26 more towns to existing 5G footprint
TORONTO — Rogers Communications is starting to roll out Canada’s first 5G standalone core network, powered by Ericsson, in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, the company announced today.
Rogers also gave an update on the expansion of its existing 5G network footprint, saying it has added 26 new cities and towns in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, bringing its 5G coverage to a total of 160 communities across the country. (Please see the individual press releases for a list of communities in each province. Rogers’…
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$4.3-million Grey County broadband project now underway
SIMCOE and GREY COUNTY, Ont. — In two separate announcements last week, Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced the awarding of funding to support $41.1 million in broadband upgrades for Simcoe County and $4.3 million in upgrades for Grey County, both located in southwestern Ontario.
In Simcoe County, six fibre-to-the-home projects (three by Bell, and one each by Vianet, Cogeco and Rogers) will expand broadband services to 12,700 households and businesses. SWIFT has awarded more than $18.6 million in federal and provincial funding to service 500 kilometres of underserved roadway to connect more than…
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