By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Innovation Canada has not yet delivered all money announced to certain large internet service providers from the roughly six-year-old Connect to Innovate program as of... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The large telecommunications companies are telling the CRTC that it’s a bad idea to temporarily mandate access to last mile fibre under the current regime... Continue Reading
YELLOWKNIFE – Bell subsidiary Northwestel said Monday that it has launched fibre internet in Aklavik and Nahanni Butte in the Northwest Territories. The fibre will allow for speeds of up... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen Without access to funding, Corus Entertainment says its Global television stations across the country will be left “in a precarious and unduly disadvantaged position” as Rogers Communications moves to redirect $13 million in... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout VICTORIA – The broadband ministry under the British Columbia government has been seeking ways to speed up broadband deployments in the province, and a recent briefing note... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen Eastlink cable subscribers soon won’t be able to watch HGTV Canada, W Network, and Showcase, among 34 other channels on the service, as the telecom provider says... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Innovation Canada “repeatedly encouraged” the sale of Xplore Mobile’s spectrum licences in Manitoba to Quebecor, according to a company executive, after CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Videotron's Freedom Mobile announced Thursday a $50 “unlimited” mobile wireless plan with unlimited talk and text both in Canada and the United States. Subscribers will have 40 GB... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Executives from the largest telecoms said Wednesday that they are seeing more bundled services as the current and future competitive play in a post Rogers-Shaw... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Telus announced Tuesday that it will invest roughly $77 billion over the next five years on infrastructure and connectivity across the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.... Continue Reading