TORONTO — Mobile Klinik Professional Smartphone Repair has now expanded to 80 store locations across Canada after closing its acquisition of Fonelab, a smartphone repair, sales and accessories chain with eight locations in Ontario.
Opening its first store in September 2015, Mobile Klinik is a national, while-you-wait smartphone and tablet repair, care, sales and services retailer. The retail storefront chain offers no-appointment-needed device repair for almost all makes and models of smartphones and tablets. Its trained, expert technicians typically complete repairs in less than 60 minutes, according to the news release.
Mobile Klinik’s acquisition of fonelab closed on January 15, 2020….
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OTTAWA — The CMPA’s Prime Time 2020 conference at the end of the month will kick off with an opening keynote by Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault, it was announced Monday.
Guilbeault will be joined on stage by CMPA president and CEO Reynolds Mastin for a discussion about the current state of the screen-based industries and Minister Guilbeault’s vision for the future of Canadian content creation. The fireside chat with Minister Guilbeault will take place on the morning of Thursday, January 30.
“We are honoured to welcome Minister Guilbeault to Prime Time at this inflection point for the Canadian screen-based…
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By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – When the Competition Bureau filed in November its intervention to the CRTC’s wireless policy review, it was expected that the reactions would be spirited, and they are.
First, some objected because the Bureau (and its specially commissioned Matrix Report) reached conclusions based on confidential information and asked that some information be shared. In that regard, Bell and Rogers got what they wanted while CNOC and Telus are still waiting for word from the Commission when it comes to that data. Telus has warned the Bureau’s intervention should be deleted from the record for…
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YELLOWKNIFE — The government of the Northwest Territories, in partnership with Bell Let’s Talk and Northwestel, announced Wednesday a $500,000 collaboration that will support the Strongest Families Institute to provide mental health services for children, youth, adults and families throughout the Northwest Territories.
Strongest Families Institute is an award-winning charity that provides evidence-based programming for individuals and their families to overcome significant issues such as anxiety and behaviour challenges. Strongest Families Institute currently operates in nine provinces across Canada and uses an innovative distance coaching approach to support clients while respecting their privacy. Strongest Families Institute coaches provide support when…
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MONTREAL — Connected vehicle device manufacturer Siyata Mobile has hired Jamie Kitson as its new vice-president of sales for Canada, the company announced Tuesday.
Kitson most recently was vice-president of sales for Bell business dealer Preston Mobility, according to Siyata Mobile’s news release.
Kitson’s 15 years of previous sales experience includes positions at Telus Client Solutions, Bell Mobility as Push-to-Talk and IoT Solutions team lead, Rogers Communications as a sales manager and an IoT Solutions sales executive, and Shaw Communications as an enterprise account executive.
Siyata Mobile is a global developer and provider of cellular communications systems for enterprise customers, specializing…
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CALGARY — Shaw Communications reported Monday a 2.1% increase in consolidated revenue in the first quarter of its 2020 fiscal year, bolstered in part by a strong 18.1% year-over-year increase in its wireless service revenue.
For the quarter ended November 30, 2019, Shaw’s consolidated revenue totalled $1.38 billion, compared to $1.35 billion for the same quarter in 2019. The company’s adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) improved 8.1% year-over-year to $588 million.
Wireless service revenue for the three-month period increased 18.1% to $196 million over the comparable period in fiscal 2019. Shaw attributed the strong performance of its…
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TORONTO – There’s some star power behind this new series coming to CBC Gem February 14.
Featuring Snoop Dogg as the voice of “the Archive,” and with producer Boi-1da (Drake, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna) overseeing the music, world-renowned choreographer Tanisha Scott (Cardi B, Rihanna) leading performance direction, and acclaimed sci-fi writer Joseph Mallozzi as showrunner, Utopia Falls seems like it will be a must-watch show. It will be available on Hulu, Stateside.
“Imagine a world with no past – only a future. Without a history, we are all equal… or are we?” says the press release announcing the new show.
In partnership with…
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AMAZON, APPLE, GOOGLE, and the Zigbee Alliance this week announced a new working group which will work towards developing and promoting the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard.
Zigbee Alliance board member companies such as IKEA, Legrand, NXP Semiconductors, Resideo, Samsung SmartThings, Schneider Electric, Signify (formerly Philips Lighting), Silicon Labs, Somfy, and Wulian are also onboard to join the working group and contribute to the project, said the press release announcing the alliance.
The goal of the Connected Home over IP project is to simplify development for manufacturers and increase compatibility for consumers – since each smart device made by…
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No surprises in the documents
By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – As expected, Rogers, Shaw, Vidéotron, Cogeco and Eastlink have filed an official Review & Vary application with the CRTC, requesting changes to Telecom decision 2019-288—the final rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access services (HSA).
The themes are similar to what was filed with their appeals to the courts and to federal cabinet.
The cable carriers focused on “new facts and circumstances and on errors of fact and principle” that questions how the Commission arrived at its much-delayed decision.
“The Commission has announced an imminent review of its approach to setting…
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OTTAWA — The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) announced the first speakers lined up for the Prime Time 2020 conference to be held January 29-31 in Ottawa.
The speakers who have been announced include:
Soumya Sriraman — Founding President & CEO, BritBox
Craig Engler — General Manager, Shudder
Catherine Tait — President & CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada
Amal Baggar — Vice-President, Scripted Programming, NBCUniversal International Studios
Madeline Buxton — Culture & Trends Manager, YouTube
Nataline Rodrigues — Director of Original Programming, Rogers Media
Christa Dickenson — Executive Director, Telefilm Canada
Andrew Peterson — Head of Content Partnerships, Canada, YouTube
Valerie Creighton —…
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