Slowed speeds after 10 GB might be against the rules
GATINEAU – Who would have thought a routine process of monitoring Internet pricing to make sure Internet Traffic Management Practices (ITMPs) don’t violate consumer rights would bump up against the much ballyhooed new $75 wireless data pricing plans?
The CRTC has long been concerned about some differential pricing practices that could be viewed as unfair, so it decided two years ago to “closely monitor the retail prices and data caps for both wireless and fixed-line Internet services, which will enable it to assess the degree to which…
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ECG, TLN, urge the federal government to intervene
OTTAWA – A total of four companies which had hoped to win a coveted must-carry licence for a national, multi-ethnic, multi-language TV channel have now asked the federal Cabinet to set aside the CRTC’s decision to grant the license to Rogers Communications, which says the vertically integrated company gets to hang onto OMNI for an additional three years.
On Monday, both Ethnic Channels Group (whose proposal was called Voices) and TLN Media Group (whose joint application with Asian Television Network was called CanadaWorld), joined Corriere…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has signed a multi-year partnership with Toronto’s Pearson Airport to be its official telecommunications partner.
As part of the deal, Rogers will have category exclusivity for media, branding, advertising, and in-terminal brand experiences at Canada’s largest airport. The partnership also includes a premium Ignite TV lounge in both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.
“We’re thrilled to announce this first of its kind partnership with Rogers, uniting an airport and an industry-leading telecommunications company, enabling us to provide innovative experiences and entertainment for our travellers from the first time they step foot in our terminal until they board…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications today announced its new device financing options mentioned last month when it debuted its new pricing are officially on the way next week.
These new device purchasing options, launching July 10 and called Edge Financing, will give customers more choice and flexibility “to purchase any device, anytime, at $0 down and 0% interest,” reads its press release (which was sent about two hours after Telus launched its own repricing and device financing, just like Bell and Telus responded within hours to Rogers’ new pricing last month. Who says the…
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Family discounts and easier device payment plans launch, too
VANCOUVER – The day after its three-week, $75/month with no overage charges wireless promotion officially ended, Telus has decided to make the lower price permanent – and to add some new wrinkles.
Today, the company launched what it’s calling “Peace of Mind” rate plans, which begin at $75/month for 10GB of high speed data with any overage delivered at 512 Kbps. There are also plans at $95 for 20GB and $125 for 50GB. Speeds are slowed for users who cross their limits in those plans, too. While Rogers – when it Continue Reading
COO Mirko Bibic to take over
MONTREAL – Bell Canada today announced president and CEO George Cope will retire as of January 5, 2020 and will be replaced in the role by company COO Mirko Bibic.
“The BCE board is pleased to take the next step in our succession plan by confirming Mirko Bibic as our next CEO,” said Gordon Nixon, chair of BCE and Bell Canada, in the company press release. Bibic will be the company’s 14th CEO, dating back to the company’s founding in 1880.
“Mirko is a seasoned Bell executive who has played a critical leadership role in the…
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TORONTO – Over 90% of new Canadians have a smartphone, and they are power users of their devices – and while they’re somewhat familiar with Canadian wireless and broadband providers, their rapidly growing housing costs look to impact what they are able buy from those companies.
Canadian newcomers are far more likely to use their mobile phones for messaging, calling, online banking and video streaming compared to the general Canadian population according to a new report, Newcomers to Canada 2019 from Toronto’s Solutions Research Group
The company conducted extensive research among very recent immigrants who arrived in the 2013-2018 time…
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WATERLOO – SSIMWAVE has added more tech talent to help drive the continued development of its video quality of experience system.
Dr. Kalyan Goswami joins the company as a solutions architect to work across its research, product and sales teams, spearheading design of breakthrough video quality assessment algorithms and ensuring alignment between product direction and customer needs. In his previous position with MulticoreWare, he headed an engineering team tasked with improving the performance and quality of the company’s x265 codec product.
Most recently an OSS technical expert with Rogers Communications, Waqas Malik was named product strategy architect and will work to optimize…
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GATINEAU – Jilted 9(1)(h) license applicant ICTV has filed a petition to the Governor-in-Council demanding federal Cabinet not only set aside the CRTC decision granting Rogers Media a must-carry TV license for OMNI, but also that CRTC chair Ian Scott and vice-chair broadcasting Caroline Simard, be fired.
It has also filed a motion for leave to appeal the same CRTC decision to the Federal Court of Appeal.
In the petition to the GIC filed late Monday, Independent Community Television Montreal, an independent, not-for-profit community TV operation out of Montreal (which was one of the applicants hoping to…
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TORONTO – While many sports fans and others used social media to whipped themselves into a minor frenzy over the weekend, speculating the sudden departure of long time radio host Bob McCown was the harbinger of far more layoffs of on-air staff at Rogers Sportsnet, the truth is that there were some limited cutbacks announced today (Monday), but no additional recognizable faces or voices are included at this time.
Cartt.ca has learned approximately 10 staffers were let go today, which includes one full studio crew and two editors.
“We are repositioning Sportsnet for the future,” said a…
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