PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – Rogers Communications today announced it has improved wireless service in Sproat Lake, which is just outside Port Alberni on Vancouver Island.
Rogers and Fido customers will now have a faster, more reliable and consistent wireless experience, says the company, which worked with the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District and other local politicians to build the new cellular tower.
“Whether it’s to contact emergency services should the need arise, or to keep in touch with friends and family while at Sproat Lake, we know how important it is to provide our customers with high quality wireless access,” said Rick…
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5G, 5GE and now 10G?
LAS VEGAS — In a not so subtle move to jump on the 5G hype train The Internet & Television Association NCTA, CableLabs and Cable Europe announced at CES their vision for delivering 10 gigabit networks, or 10G.
10G of course has nothing to do with the wireless industry’s 5G, but the number is twice as big, so to the average consumer the perception will likely be it must be better.
With the 10G platform the cable industry said it will be ramping up from the 1 gigabit offerings of today to speeds of 10…
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WE DON’T YET KNOW what public process the expert panel reviewing Canada’s Broadcasting, Telecom and Radiocommunication Acts, headed by Janet Yale, will follow as this year unfolds.
So, when the deadline for written submissions to the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review (BTLR) panel came on Friday, January 11, we asked various companies and groups for their submissions. Most gladly sent them. Some sent excerpts. Others decided to keep them private for now, since the panel itself has not yet told us, or anyone, definitively, what the plan is for making them public.
Because of the volume, we have decided to begin…
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TORONTO – The season three premiere of HBO drama True Detective will debut during Crave’s first-ever free preview this weekend, parent Bell Media said Tuesday.
Three of Crave’s linear channels – Crave 1, HBO 1, HBO 2 – are being unlocked from Friday, January 11 (11 AM ET/MT) to Monday, January 14 (11 AM ET/MT), allowing audiences to sample over 15 Hollywood hit movies uncut and commercial-free, top HBO content, and a selection of Showtime hits.
The free preview is available via participating television providers across Canada including Bell, Bell Aliant, BellMTS, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, Shaw, Shaw Direct, and Telus, among…
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Chris Wilson named Interim Head of CBC Sports
TORONTO – CBC Sports chief Greg Stremlaw (right) is leaving the CBC this month to become the president and CEO of United Soccer League club Indy Eleven.
A CBC story says that Stremlaw's arrival in Indianapolis coincides with the club's proposal for a $550 million US mixed-use real estate district, a development project called Eleven Park anchored by a 20,000-seat world-class, soccer-specific stadium that meets the minimum requirement by Major League Soccer and is scheduled to be ready for the 2022 season opener.
Stremlaw says that he hopes to help bring a Major League Soccer expansion franchise…
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TWO YEARS AGO, on December 21, 2016, the CRTC acknowledged the increasing importance of Internet services to Canadians in Telecom Regulatory Policy 2016-496, in which the Commission defined fixed and mobile wireless broadband Internet access services as basic telecommunications services.
The Commission also established several new expectations for ISPs to address consumer complaints related to bill shock and contract clarity.
As a result, all ISPs that provide retail fixed broadband Internet services to individual and small business customers now must ensure their contracts and related documents clearly explain, in plain language (i) the services included in the contract (ii) any limits…
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LAS VEGAS – With wireless touting 5G, cable jumped in with 10G at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday.
NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, CableLabs and Cable Europe introduced the cable industry’s vision for delivering 10 gigabit networks (or 10G), a new technology platform that will ramp up from today’s 1GB to 10 gigabits per second and beyond to consumers. To support the rollout, Intel will deliver 10 gigabit ready technology from the network infrastructure to home gateways.
According to the announcement, Rogers and Shaw Communications (both also wireless companies…) are joining U.S. cable giants…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) is crediting government policies that promote facilities-based competition for Canada’s status as a “global 4G superpower with the fastest wireless networks in the G7.”
The lobby group, which represents companies that provide wireless services and products, referenced reports such as November’s Ookla Speedtest Global Index that found that Canadian wireless networks have download speeds that are 144.3% faster than the global average, making Canada's networks the fourth fastest in the world and tops amongst G7 nations.
CWTA president and CEO Robert Ghiz also highlighted CRTC data from its 2018 Communications Monitoring…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has rolled out its Connected for Success program to more locations in Ontario, making its inexpensive Internet service available to 300 housing partners.
Eligible families will receive 10 Mbps download speed, 100 GB of data, free installation, and modem rental for $9.99 per month, and no contract or credit check is required upon sign up.
The newest Connected for Success partners include:
Ahneen Cooperative Homes Inc., Mississauga
Cardinus Housing Co-op, Ottawa
CMHA Simcoe County Branch, Barrie
Desloges Co-op, Ottawa
Family Action Network Housing Corporation, Toronto
Gateway Co-operative Homes Apartments, Barrie
Harmony Co-operative Homes, Toronto
John Noble Apartments/ 97B Mount Pleasant, Brantford
St. James Court Non-Profit Housing Corporation,…
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OTTAWA – While increased competition has helped to push down mobile wireless plan prices, Canadians still pay more than most G7 countries and Australia, according to an annual telecom services price comparison report commissioned by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
Prepared by Wall Communications, the 2018 edition of Price Comparisons of Wireline, Wireless and Internet Services in Canada and with Foreign Jurisdictions examined the five main telecom categories of fixed telephony, mobile wireless telephony, fixed broadband internet, mobile wireless internet and bundled services to provide a comparative price analysis of these services in Canada relative to the United…
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