Globalive (and Wind Mobile) founder adamant national wireless only player the solution
TORONTO – Canadians are more fed up with the nation’s telecommunications industry than they are with airline delays and real estate prices, according to the 2022 Canadian Telecom Sentiment Report, released late last month.
The survey, conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights and commissioned by Globalive, shows 59% of Canadians “are angry or annoyed when they think of telecom companies, the highest of all major Canadian industries surveyed,” a press release announcing the report says.
Furthermore, 71% of Canadians “are angry about telecom bills specifically, the third highest of 13 cost-of-living…
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TORONTO — Organizers of the 2022 Canadian Telecom Summit (CTS) confirmed today Frédéric Perron (above), president of Cogeco Connexion, will deliver a lunch keynote on Monday, Nov. 21 at 12 p.m. ET.
Perron has been with Cogeco since September 2020 when he took on the role of Cogeco Connexion president. He “has over two decades of managerial experience at leading international telecommunications and financial services companies such as T-Mobile, Vodafone, and Capital One,” says an email announcing him as a keynote speaker at CTS.
Perron “has a proven track record in marketing, sales, customer service, operations, eCommerce, product development, and IT,”…
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TORONTO — Rogers Business today announced the launch of Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile (previously known as Operator Connect Mobile) in Canada, representing the next phase of its strategic alliance with Microsoft announced earlier this year.
Rogers Business says in a press release it is the first telecommunications provider in the world to launch Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile, which is “a seamless solution to integrate mobile devices with Microsoft Teams for easier calling and collaboration, from anywhere” using a single business number.
“Rogers with Microsoft is bringing the power of truly productive mobility to Canadian businesses, allowing employees to work from…
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WATERLOO REGION — Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) and the governments of Ontario and Canada announced today construction has been completed on three broadband infrastructure projects that are now providing high-speed Internet access to 470 homes and businesses in the Region of Waterloo in Ontario.
Bell Canada has completed construction of a 15-kilometre fibre network in the Township of North Dumfries providing access to high-speed Internet service for 254 homes and businesses in the communities of Orr’s Lake and Clyde, according to a SWIFT press release.
The governments of Ontario and Canada each provided more than $430,000 in funding through…
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BPF reviewing whether it will continue awarding funding to CMAC moving forward
OTTAWA – A month and a half after the federal government announced it was cutting funding it awarded to the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage is trying to figure out why the organization received the funding – to develop an anti-racism strategy – in the first place.
Funding was cut to CMAC’s project after numerous concerns were expressed about antisemitic and other racist tweets posted by Laith Marouf, a senior consultant with the organization.
At a meeting last Friday, committee members, who argued CMAC…
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TORONTO and LONDON, U.K. — Blue Ant Studios and Catalyst, a Toronto-based development and funding company focusing on content created by women, announced today production has started on a new female-lead unscripted comedy series created by and starring Carolyn Taylor (above).
The six-episode, half-hour comedy, which is still untitled, was commissioned by Bell Media’s Crave and is slated to premiere on the streaming service in 2023. Blue Ant International is overseeing worldwide distribution.
The series is produced by Catalyst and Blue Ant Studios “as part of their strategic partnership to develop female-generated programming for the global marketplace,” a press release says.
Canadian…
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SEVERAL CANADIAN TELECOMS are currently waiving fees to help their customers stay connected to their loved ones in Iran.
Xplore posted on Twitter today to say it is waiving all home phone long-distance calls to Iran from now until the end of the month.
Telus announced on Sept. 27 it (and Koodo) would be waiving all long-distance calling and text messaging to Iran until Oct. 14.
On Sept. 28, several more companies including Rogers (and Fido and Chatr), Bell (and Virgin Plus) and Shaw (and Freedom Mobile) announced they would be waiving long-distance fees for calls and texts…
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OTTAWA – While telecommunications service providers continue to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, the CRTC is seeking more information on how they prepared for and responded to the storm.
The Commission sent a request for information last week to Bell, Eastlink, Rogers and Telus. By Oct. 7, the companies are expected to submit information including “a high-level estimate of the number of customers affected by service outages of 24 hours or more caused by the hurricane, for each of the phone, mobile wireless, and Internet access services,” as well as “The status to date of any…
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IT HAS BEEN nearly two weeks since Hurricane Fiona devastated Canada’s east coast, despite which some Canadians continue to be without telecommunications services.
This is not because service providers failed to plan ahead or because restoring service was not prioritized. Rather, it goes to show just how bad the storm was when it hit.
“Hurricane Fiona was the biggest storm ever to hit anywhere in Canada,” a Bell spokesperson told Cartt.ca via email. “Our preparations ensured our core networks remained largely operational throughout, but the damage to our infrastructure in the field is the worst we have ever seen in this…
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By Connie Thiessen
TORONTO – Terrie Tweddle (above) has returned to Rogers Communications as SVP communications and sustainability, the role she previously held before joining the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan as global head of marketing and communications in late 2020.
Rogers has confirmed her appointment was effective Sept. 26.
The move follows some internal year-end restructuring at Rogers that marked the high-profile departure of Julie Adam, head of news and entertainment, among other changes.
Tweddle was previously with Rogers for 12 years, the first eight as vice-president, communications and social media before being promoted to the SVP role in 2016.
Prior to that, she held senior roles at Sunlife and Visa Canada.
This…
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