OTTAWA — Registration is open for Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) fall webinar series, which start next week.
With the overall theme of “Learning and connecting in the virtual workplace”, WCT’s fall webinar series begins September 8, with the remaining webinars being held every two weeks throughout the fall. Registration is required as space is limited. WCT webinars are free for WCT members, and cost $40 for non-members.
The first webinar, “Retaining and Attracting Diverse Teams”, is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET on Sept. 8. Kelly Nolan of Talent Strategy will offer an hour of learning focused on the impacts…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced Tuesday morning its 5G network has expanded to more than 50 new cities and towns and is expected to reach a total of more than 60 markets by the end of the year.
In January, Rogers initially rolled out its 5G network in downtown Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Coverage has now been expanded in the Greater Vancouver area and the Greater Toronto Area. In addition, other major cities now covered by the Rogers 5G network include Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon and Quebec City. Additional new locations range from small towns to metropolitan centres…
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By Steve Faguy
MONTREAL — Quebecor has cut funding for MAtv, Videotron’s community channel in Montreal, by 45%, prompting an anglophone member of its advisory committee to resign in protest.
Fortner Anderson, a local artist, said he can “no longer in good conscience” remain on the committee because the latest cuts “will substantially alter and reduce the benefits MAtv provides to the English language community of Montreal, and because they will diminish the vitality of that community.”
The 45% cut is the result of Quebecor’s decision to take advantage of an allowance the CRTC gave large vertically-integrated companies in 2016. As part…
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TORONTO — As they look to bounce back from their Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Toronto Raptors will resume their championship title defence in game two on Tuesday, and basketball fans can either watch the action on Sportsnet and Sportsnet Now or listen on TSN 1050 Radio, starting at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
After game two, TSN and Sportsnet will alternate TV and radio coverage of the remaining games of the series. TSN’s linear television broadcast coverage continues with game three on Thursday, September 3 beginning at 6 p.m. ET…
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EXTON, Pa. — SCTE-ISBE today unveiled the lineup of participants for its CEO panel scheduled during the general session of the virtual Cable-Tec Expo 2020 trade show taking place in October.
Moderated by Phil McKinney, president and CEO of CableLabs, the hour-long roundtable discussion will include the following CEOs:
Dave Watson, president and CEO, Comcast Cable
Tom Rutledge, chairman and CEO, Charter Communications
Mike Fries, CEO and vice-chairman, Liberty Global
The CEO panel will feature discussions on the industry’s response to Covid-19 and the evolution to a next-generation 10G platform, as well as the potential for life-changing applications which 10G will…
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Bell and cablecos argue Cabinet proves them right
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Independent and incumbent internet service providers have filed letters to the Federal Court of Appeal explaining the impact of the Federal Cabinet’s decision last weekend on the CRTC’s decision to slash wholesale internet rates and whether it should factor into the court’s ultimate decision.
On August 15, one year following the decision by the CRTC to slash wholesale internet rates, Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) said the Regulator’s decision “do not, in all instances, appropriately balance the policy objectives of the wholesale services framework” and that in…
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ST. JOHN’S – Rogers Communications Step Up to the Plate initiative with Food Banks Canada arrived in Newfoundland and southwestern Ontario today.
The company delivered food hampers that will provide more than 197,000 meals for local food banks across the province which will help fill the plates of more than 9,300 Newfoundlanders.
In southwestern Ontario, the food hampers will provide more than 524,000 meals for local food banks, helping fill the plates of almost 25,000 Southwestern Ontarians.
The Step Up to the Plate initiative started in June at Rogers Centre in Toronto, with Rogers employee volunteers and their families filling food hampers…
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TORONTO — Rogers flanker brand chatr has launched a new way for customers to top up their account online — Top Up as a Guest.
In what the company says is a Canadian-first for the industry, the new Top Up as a Guest feature allows customers to top up online without having to sign into their account. Customers who forget their password, or who are topping up on behalf of another chatr customer, can do so easily online with no sign-in required. All they need is the chatr phone number they want to top up and the 12-digit PIN on…
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OTTAWA — In the third installment of its series of reports looking at network traffic volumes during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) says Canadians continued to use telecom services in June and July at higher rates than before Covid-19.
“The gradual relaxation of mobility restrictions across the country are reflected in the increase in mobile network traffic, with median wireless traffic exceeding pre-Covid-19 levels. Meanwhile, despite some businesses and public spaces reopening, wireline traffic volumes continue to show that many Canadians are still relying heavily on home internet services to stay connected to their workplaces, families,…
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TORONTO — Toronto-based interactive app provider Zone-tv today introduced its “Ignite Fun at Home” app which is available exclusively on Rogers Ignite TV.
Zone-tv’s new app is designed to help parents and kids stay both entertained and educated at home. The “edutainment-centric” interactive service offers learning categories which include art, math, science, life skills, geography and history, says the news release. The app also includes a selection of movies and interactive games designed to stimulate and train young minds, says the release.
Zone-tv’s Ignite Fun at Home service is managed by Zone-tv and available on Ignite TV through the Apps…
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