TORONTO – Once fully deployed, the move to 5G wireless will fundamentally change how we live in Canada, but when and how that will happen is still open to much debate. That’s the message from a panel of telecom executives who gathered on Tuesday at the 2018 Telecom Summit in Toronto to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the next wireless revolution.
In time, 5G will power self-driving cars, but for now it’s the federal government that is driving the 5G show in Canada and it’s taking the slow lane when it comes to releasing spectrum. While Rogers, Telus, Shaw…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has integrated the YouTube and YouTube Kids apps into its intuitive BlueSky TV platform as part of ongoing enhancements to the service.
Shaw said Tuesday that BlueSky TV subscribers may now access YouTube’s entire library of content without needing to change inputs or remotes, and may also the intuitive voice-powered remote to search for specific content that will direct them straight to YouTube.
Families with children may also access the YouTube Kids app, which is a separate app providing a family-friendly viewing experience and simple navigation for young viewers. YouTube and YouTube Kids access can both be…
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OTTAWA – Veteran journalist and author Esther Bégin is joining Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) as the network's French Anchor.
Starting next fall, Bégin (pictured) will host a daily program during sitting weeks of the House of Commons as well as feature interviews with Canadian political personalities.
"We are very excited to welcome such an experienced and passionate journalist like Esther Bégin to lead our team," said CPAC president and GM Catherine Cano, in Thursday’s announcement. "She has the important task of making the various issues affecting francophones in Quebec and the rest of Canada known and understood. As we know,…
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CALGARY and VANCOUVER – Freedom Mobile customers travelling on Vancouver's SkyTrain transit service now have underground connectivity on the Metro Vancouver SkyTrain.
Shaw said Wednesday that its wireless customers may now access LTE service at the Waterfront, Burrard, Granville and Stadium-Chinatown stations — as well as in the tunnels that connect them — so that they can use their phone in the tunnel exactly as they would above ground.
“Underground wireless connectivity means that Freedom Mobile customers now have more opportunity to text friends and loved ones, post to Instagram or respond to emails in the tunnel between Waterfront and Stadium-Chinatown stations,” said…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications on Tuesday announced the successful completion of its first 5G technical trials at its Barlow Campus Technology Centre in Calgary.
Conducted in collaboration with Nokia, CableLabs and Rohde & Schwarz, Shaw said that the trials used pre-commercial equipment and leveraged developmental 28GHz licenses provided by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. As part of this trial, Shaw also conducted comparative testing between 28GHz and 3.5GHz spectrum in an effort to better understand the interoperability between two of the bands considered vital to the growth and proliferation of 5G.
Shaw added that it will continue to conduct technical…
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YELLOWKNIFE – The Northwest Territories (NWT) Broadband Infrastructure project wrapped up this week with every NWT community receiving 4G wireless and high-speed Internet service.
The Government of Canada contributed $14.8 million to the NWT Broadband Infrastructure Phase 2 project through the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund (CSIF), and Falcon Communications contributed $19.4 million, with support from NorthwesTel and the provincial government of the Northwest Territories.
This project, which delivered high-speed Internet connectivity and wireless mobility to all 33 communities in the Territory, addressed gaps in the delivery of enhanced Internet by providing increased usage packages, new satellite-based DSL Internet services, and advanced…
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TORONTO and CALGARY – Shaw Communications will donate $50,000 to three children’s charities selected by the Shaw CFL Top Performers of the 2017 CFL season, James Wilder Jr., Mike Reilly and Brandon Banks.
Shaw has been a partner of the Canadian Football League since 2015 as the only presenting sponsor of the Grey Cup. At the end of each year, the top three Shaw CFL performers – as selected by an independent panel of judges and weekly point accumulation – are given the opportunity to choose a charity to receive a donation from Shaw.
The Toronto Argonauts’ James Wilder Jr….
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TORONTO – The winners of the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards (CMBIA) were unveiled Thursday night in Toronto, celebrating the best and brightest in all fields of the Canadian music and broadcast industries.
Paul Anka received the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, while Robert "TooTall" Wagenaar, Patti-Anne Tarlton, David Farrell and Jeff Craib were also in attendance as 2018 inductees to the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
In addition, Régine Chassagne and Win Butler of Arcade Fire (pictured) were on hand to receive the 2018 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award in recognition of the band's humanitarian efforts to…
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TORONTO – Just in time for summer, Bell Media’s Gusto is cooking up a free preview with sizzling new programming.
The food and lifestyle channel has assembled a summer schedule that includes new original series Where To I Do?, starring design expert Tommy Smythe (The Marilyn Denis Show); Dog Tales Rescue, a docu-series following King City, Ont.’s Dog Tales Rescue and Horse Sanctuary; and Bonacini’s Italy, featuring world-renowned chef and MasterChef judge Michael Bonacini. Celebrity gourmet Nigella Lawson makes her Gusto debut by whipping up her favourite comfort meals with her latest series,…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada Enterprises continued the run of good news for Canada’s communications companies, adding thousands of broadband, TV and wireless customers in the first quarter of 2018, ended March 31.
"Network leadership continues to drive Bell's progress in broadband customer additions, service usage and revenue growth as we welcomed approximately 102,000 net new postpaid wireless, Internet and IPTV customers in the first quarter of 2018,” said CEO George Cope in the company’s press release this morning. This was the company’s best first quarter since 2011, he added.
“I fully expect the strong subscriber growth to continue this year,” he…
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