WIND Mobile, a subsidiary of Globalive Holdings, marked an historic day for wireless in Canada today by becoming the newest national wireless provider in Canada in over a decade.
As a part of the official launch in Toronto, WIND Mobile unveiled a 20-foot monument as a tribute to the tens of thousands of Canadians whose [...]
Saskatchewan, known as Canada’s sunniest province, is also the country’s “chattiest”, according to a new ranking by Primus Telecommunications Canada, Canada’s largest alternative telecommunications carrier, which tracked the average number of monthly
minutes residents spend on long distance calls.
Primus found Saskatchewanians talk an average of 326 minutes per month,44 minutes more than folks in Newfoundland [...]
Bell today announced the $142-million acquisition by Bell Mobility of the 50% stake in Virgin Mobile Canada not already owned by Bell, along with an exclusive, long-term licensing agreement with the Virgin Group for continued use of the Virgin Mobile brand in Canada.
“Bell Mobility’s acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada supports our strategic imperative [...]
Small internet service providers have won a victory that will enable them to offer the same speeds as big phone companies.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued a decision ordering Canada’s big phone companies, including Bell, Telus Corp., MTS Allstream Inc., SaskTel and Bell Aliant, to offer the same internet speeds to smaller wholesale [...]
High-speed internet service will soon be available to all Prince Edward Islanders. Large rural areas of the province currently rely on dial-up service, but on Wednesday the province announced it will be entering into an $8.2-million deal with Aliant to provide rural customers with high-speed internet by 2009.
“This was their initiative that they came forward with, [...]
A Conservative government would allocate up to $500 million by 2016 to extend Canada’s broadband network into unserved rural and remote areas, party leader Stephen Harper announced. However, the private sector and other levels of government would have to match the federal money to pay for the $1.5-billion project.
Broadband access, which provides high-speed links to the [...]
During its first week almost 2.7 million Canadians have registered on a list of people who no longer want to receive calls from telemarketers. The do-not-call list, run by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, was launched at midnight on Sept. 30 and garnered 200,000 numbers in the first nine hours.
The online and telephone registration services quickly [...]
Starting today (Tuesday 30 Sept) , Canadians will be able to register their phone numbers on a national do-not-call list, but they may find telemarketing calls replaced by junk mail and spam.
Two polls suggest the do-not-call list will be a tremendous success, with participation rates ranging from 64 per cent, according to a poll conducted [...]
Apple’s new iPhone launch gives Rogers the first punch, but customers strike back with an online petition over pricing. Bell is set to unveil a similar smart phone and take a shot at Rogers but both Bell and Telus get hit by a backlash over new texting prices. And new firms are spending heavily to [...]
