VANCOUVER - Telus turned on a new cell tower providing digital cellular service to Klemtu last week. The $250,000 tower covers most of the B.C. community as well as extending... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Bell Canada has applied to the CRTC to deregulate the most populous regions inside its Ontario and Quebec territories. The company has asked for forbearance from regulation of... Continue Reading
HALIFAX and VANCOUVER – Two releases within an hour of each other early Wednesday evening, one from western telco Telus and eastern incumbent Bell Aliant, say the companies have filed... Continue Reading
SO FAR, SO GOOD for wireless number portability, says Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association president and CEO Peter Barnes. There have been few issues the association has had to solve since... Continue Reading
THAT SOUND YOU HEARD from Ottawa late Wednesday afternoon was that of Industry Minister Maxime Bernier jangling his keys to the shackles Canada's incumbent telephone companies have said repeatedly they... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Captain Kirk warped into Toronto today to help Rogers Wireless launch wireless video calling, a new service that will turn customers' mobile handsets into a webcam for face-to-face... Continue Reading
NEW YORK – During a recent trip to New York City, Industry Minister Maxime Bernier told reporters there the Conservative government is considering allowing foreign companies buy incumbent telcos or... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Despite the CRTC's announcement today that it has deregulated the local telephony market in Fort McMurray, Alberta – where resident have been among the keenest adopters of cable... Continue Reading
TORONTO - As the new generation of multimedia consumers demands increasingly faster and broader access to interactive content, the creators and distributors of that content are struggling to keep up.... Continue Reading
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Canada’s digital specialty channel BITE Television has been nominated for an international Emmy in the Interactive Channel category. BITE Television’s content consists of user-generated, acquired and in-house... Continue Reading
