GATINEAU – Without domestic roaming rate caps Wind Mobile can’t compete in the Canadian marketplace and despite what the incumbent wireless companies have to say, the high wholesale rates they charge the newcomers prevent some Canadians from choosing Wind as their provider.
So, the CRTC must step in, the company told the CRTC in the reply phase of the Regulator’s dive into wholesale wireless domestic roaming rates, the initial comments for which we summarized here last week.
In its reply, Wind noted several consumer groups told the CRTC that the fact Wind offers “home” rates for when…
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TORONTO – The Canadian CommTech Show has released its schedule of seminars and workshops for its upcoming spring shows, which this year includes the premier of a new Eastern Canada show consisting of more than 25 sessions.
The show in Calgary, known as CommTech West, will be held May 28 and 29, 2014 at Calgary’s Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre, while the new CommTech East show will be held April 15 and 16, 2014 at the Mississauga Convention Centre.
The multi-industry show attracts buyers, safety experts, operations management, planners, strategists, engineers, designers, inside and outside plant technicians, construction staff, system…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment announced Friday it is offering a free preview during of its Cartoon Network to subscribers of Bell, TELUS, Cogeco, MTS, Sasktel and other satellite and cable providers until March 3, 2014.
The company’s Teletoon network will also feature a special block of Cartoon Network of live-action and animated programing every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET/PT that includes Adventure Time, Regular Show, Uncle Grandpa, Steven Universe, Incredible Crew, and MAD: The Animated Series.
The Cartoon Network’s Annual Hall of Game Awards will be simulcast on Teletoon and the Cartoon Network on February 25 at…
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TORONTO and LONDON, ENGLAND – Telus has announced a partnership with a U.K. software company that will allow its employees to access the company’s secure buildings, networks and sensitive data from anywhere at any time with a simple tap of their smartphones.
The partnership with Intercede, a provider of identity and credential management software, will use a technology called MyID that uses universal integrated circuit cards and personal identity verification (PIV) technology from Gemalto, a digital security company based in The Netherlands.
The technology replaces separate smart cards and security tokens, giving employees access to secure buildings and networks through a secure…
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VANCOUVER – With almost of half of students between grades 4 and 11 owning a cellphone, according to a recent study, Canadian youth are more mobile, more connected, and more social than ever.
To help kids stay safe online, Telus announced it is hosting a live online discussion with experts tomorrow, February 11, to coincide with Safer Internet Day.
The live discussion, which takes place Tuesday at 1 p.m. EST, will centre around the findings of a recent study by MediaSmarts called Young Canadians in a Wired World. Matthew Johnson, MediaSmarts’ director of education, will discuss how the online behaviour and attitudes of…
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TORONTO – CBC has upped the ante on its Olympics coverage, announcing today that its “every hour” coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics will now also be accessible virtually “everywhere,” thanks to new licensing agreements with Bell, Rogers, Telus, Videotron, and YouTube.
The public broadcaster said that live and on-demand English- and French-language Olympic Winter Games content from CBC/Radio-Canada will be “top of menu” for the telcos, and will also be prominently featured on popular digital portals including MSN.ca and YouTube.
CBC says the agreement with YouTube represents one component of an expanded alliance that will see a renewal of CBC/Radio-Canada’s presence on the…
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TORONTO – Telus flanker brand Koodo announced Tuesday it has entered into a global rights deal with Camillion Corp., a Toronto-based media entertainment and technology company, for the exclusive use of “El Tabador”, Koodo Mobile’s award-winning animated pitchman, in media entertainment.
Led by former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) senior executive Carl Demarco, Camillion plans to harness the “proven and infectious appeal of El Tabador to launch him far beyond the ads that have made him an icon in Canada,” says the press release. “Development work has begun on a half-hour prime time, family TV sitcom that, like the ads, will…
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TORONTO – Telus jumped in to the mobile payments game Tuesday, partnering with CIBC on a mobile payment app for Telus mobile devices with Near-Field Communications (NFC) capability.
Beginning today, Telus customers using the CIBC Mobile Payment App and that have a CIBC credit card account will be able to make mobile payments under $50 at popular retailers across Canada including coffee shops and grocery stores.
CIBC credit card clients using Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy SIII, Samsung Galaxy Note II and HTC One on the Telus network will be able to download the app from Google Play immediately, while Telus’…
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GATINEAU – Submissions to the CRTC on its wholesale domestic roaming rates proceeding break down just where most would expect.
In December, the CRTC launched a review of the rates Rogers, Bell and Telus charge smaller wireless service providers when customers of those smaller companies use their phones to roam outside of their own provider’s home network. The primary accusation of the Commission is that the big three are charging the likes of Wind and Eastlink more than they charge American operators whose customers roam on networks here when they travel.
In the summer of 2013, the…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will examine licence renewal applications from Rogers Media, plus consider a second request for a Canadian film channel and a pay-per-view service for Telus at a hearing scheduled for April 8, 2014 in Gatineau.
The Commission made public Wednesday that Rogers has filed applications to renew the broadcasting licences for 17 of its television services and stations, including its City stations, multilingual ethnic television stations and Sportsnet. In addition to licence renewal, the Commission will examine “key issues” relating to these applications including the group-based approach to the licensing of the City television stations and…
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