TORONTO – The purchase of Mountain Cablevision by Shaw Communications can go ahead. Justice James Newbould of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice today dismissed the motion filed by Rogers Communications seeking to block the acquisition based on a near decade-old non-compete arrangement it had with Shaw.
The judge said Rogers had not established it could be caused irreparable harm by Shaw’s purchase, even though the judge recognized “that there is a serious question to be tried regarding the validity of the restrictive covenants,” wrote the judge in his decision.
His decision also said “(t)here is no doubt that the acquisition…
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TORONTO – It is simply fear that has the incumbent telcos trying to block new competition from the Canadian wireless sector, says Wind Mobile.
Responding to Rogers’ request to the CRTC to review the ownership of fellow new wireless entrants DAVE Wireless and Public Mobile, Wind’s CEO Ken Campbell called the move “distasteful and disappointing”.
“This type of regulatory gamesmanship is extremely disappointing and harmful", Campbell said in a statement. "The uncertainty presented by our upcoming CRTC hearing and the human and financial resources spent preparing for it won’t stop us from bringing a compelling new offering to Canadians by the end of the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications is merging its cable and wireless businesses under a new business and corporate development group, the company announced late Wednesday.
These changes will help Rogers "enhance the customer experience, improve time to market, further drive innovation and deliver sector leading growth" by reducing costs and improving the company’s effectiveness, president and CEO Nadir Mohamed said on a media conference call.
Edward Rogers had his role expanded under the new title of Deputy Chairman to include "major strategic initiatives" like mergers and acquisitions, and will also be EVP of the new Emerging Business and Corporate Development group.
Check back soon for more on this announcement.
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications is merging its cable and wireless operations under a new business and corporate development group, the company announced late Wednesday.
The changes are in an effort to help Rogers "enhance the customer experience, improve time to market, further drive innovation and deliver sector leading growth" through cutting costs and improving the company’s effectiveness, the company’s press release reads.
"Our industry is in transition with products and networks converging, product cycles maturing and customer expectations increasing”, said president and CEO Nadir Mohamed, in the release. “To remain the industry leader, we need to work and operate differently. These…
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GUESS WHAT? Canadians don’t want to pay any extra per month for their television. They also don’t want to lose their local TV stations.
Independent producers think that broadcasters should have to buy lots of shows made by them and those broadcasters would prefer to use those producers a little less, so that they can make (and sell) some of their own dramas.
The creative side of the industry is afraid of the word “flexible” when it comes to the broadcasters’ requests for changes to their Cancon requirements because flexible might mean less Canadian drama and comedies altogether, fewer hours in…
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TORONTO – Later this month, Rogers Wireless will begin selling a new Rocket Mobile Internet stick, one that can provide nearly three times the speed of the current on offer today.
Available on Rogers’ upgraded High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, it can clock speeds up to 21 Megabits per second (but more typical will be in the mid-to-high-teens, as shown during a live test yesterday at Rogers HQ in downtown Toronto).
Rogers is the first wireless operator in North America, and one of the few in the world, to offer the 21…
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TORONTO – Canadian wireless operators will likely see a three percent decline in their service ARPU for 2009, with data accounting for 20% of wireless service revenue – and all of the growth, says a new report from Toronto’s Convergence Consulting.
Over the last year Canadian wireless voice revenue growth has moved into negative territory, while data growth continues to be robust, thanks to the growing adoption of smartphones/data devices, which the report estimates will reach 23% by year-end 2009 (and break 50% in 2014).
Based on what Convergence projects in terms of new entrants pricing (Wind, Dave, Public Mobile), and…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – The sale of Look Communications’ spectrum and broadcast licence to Inukshuk Wireless Partnership has cleared its final hurdle after receiving approval from Industry Canada Friday.
Inukshuk, a joint venture between Bell Canada and Rogers Communications, agreed to pay $80 million in cash for Look’s 92 MHz of spectrum and its mobile broadcast license in May.
In keeping with the agreement, Inukshuk has asked Look to support its application to the CRTC for the grant of a licence under the Broadcasting Act.
Look said that it will no longer offer services to subscribers as of November 15, 2009. It…
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TORONTO – The latest regulatory skirmish between an incumbent wireless operator and the new kids with the spectrum is “about fat cats looking to get fatter,” according to Public Mobile’s CEO Alek Krstajic.
In an e-mail to Cartt.ca, the former Rogers and Bell executive lashed out at Rogers Communications request for a review into the ownership of both Public and DAVE Wireless.
Rogers said in a letter to the Regulator that the ownership of both companies may not be sufficiently Canadian, as our regulations require, and that the Commission should analyze them in a public hearing, as Cartt.ca reported first…
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WINNIPEG and TORONTO – MTS Allstream and Rogers Wireless have received regulatory approval to proceed with their shared 3.5G high speed packet access (HSPA) wireless network.
The agreement, announced in July, will also allow MTS Allstream to leverage Rogers’ purchasing scope and scale for cost effective access to new network technology and HSPA handsets.
In addition, the two companies signed a roaming agreement under which MTS’ HSPA customers will roam exclusively on the Rogers’ mobile network within Rogers’ wireless service area across Canada when travelling outside of the MTS coverage area. Rogers also pledged to help MTS Allstream launch…
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