| Telus May Launch Motorola Milestone on February 18
04/02/2010
Canada’s leading internet service provider, Bell, has announced plans to boost broadband speeds to as high as 100-Mbps, through the roll-out of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology.The company says it will begin its FTTH deployment in Quebec City, and will install the technology in select housing developments throughout Ontario and Quebec over the next three years. This will allow for... |
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| Bell Canada to Roll Out Fiber-Optic Broadband Technology
02/02/2010
Forthcoming Canadian cell phone operator, DAVE Wireless, has unveiled a new logo and brand name and says it is preparing to begin offering wireless voice and data services this spring.The company will operate under the brand name, “Mobilicity,” and plans to launch its first wireless network in the city of Toronto. Mobilicity services will be extended to customers in Vancouver,... |
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| DAVE Wireless Unveils New Brand Name: ‘Mobilicity’
01/02/2010
Canadian cell phone carriers have made good on a regulatory command requiring them to implement enhanced 911 technology on wireless networks.The new technology, which was ordered by the CRTC in early 2009, uses GPS and cell tower triangulation to pinpoint the location of a 911 caller and automatically transmit this information to emergency dispatchers. Although the pinpointing is not as precise... |
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| DAVE Wireless to Rebrand Ahead of Launch
28/01/2010
Responding to consumer complaints about dropped calls and slow data speeds, American wireless giant AT&T has announced plans to spend $2 billion on network improvement this year.AT&T’s plans include building more cell towers and laying new fiber-optic cables between towers to improve data speed. This should help the carrier catch up to leading rival, Verizon Wireless, which has... |
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| Canadian Wireless Carriers to Implement Enhanced 911 Service
26/01/2010
Google has launched a web-based version of its Google Voice application, specifically for Apple iPhone and Palm Pre users.The application, which can be accessed via a mobile web browser, allows users to connect multiple phones to a single Google Voice number, place cheap international calls, and receive voicemail messages in text format.Google already released a standalone ‘Voice’... |
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| Google Launches Web-Based ‘Voice’ Application for Palm and iPhone
25/01/2010
Canadian cell phone operator, Rogers Wireless, has released a software update fixing a much-publicized 911 glitch on the HTC Dream smartphone.For the past week, Dream users have been asked to disable the phone’s GPS features as a workaround solution. This request was not popular with customers, however, given that GPS technology is necessary to properly run a wide range of smartphone... |
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| Rogers Wireless Patches HTC Dream 911 Glitch
19/01/2010
Rogers Communications’ online video portal, Rogers On Demand, is catching on with Canadians, the Toronto-based cable giant says.More than 46,000 users have already registered at RogersOnDemand.com, which is available to Rogers cable TV, broadband internet, digital phone, and wireless customers at no extra charge. The site saw a total of 1.8 million page views in December... |
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| Rogers Declares ‘On Demand’ Video Portal a Success
17/01/2010
Canada’s leading cell phone carrier, Rogers Wireless, has halted sales of the HTC Dream smartphone after discovering a glitch that could prevent 911 emergency calls from going through.Customers who already own the device are being asked to manually disable its GPS satellite tracking feature until HTC releases an “urgent software fix.” The feature can be disabled by doing the... |
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| Nokia Siemens to Build 3G Wireless Network for SaskTel
14/01/2010
Canada’s newest wireless carrier, Wind Mobile, plans to launch its service in Ottawa and Edmonton as early as February, and is already beginning to look for employees in those cities.Wind, which is owned by Toronto-based Globalive Communications, has opened nine stores and 16 kiosks in Toronto and Calgary, and is reportedly planning its Vancouver launch in the near future. It currently... |
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| Wind Mobile Begins Hiring in Edmonton and Ottawa
11/01/2010
Burnaby, British Columbia-based wireless giant, Telus Mobility, plans to launch a Canadian version of the Motorola Droid known as the “Motorola Milestone” on January 26, according to information leaked by an industry insider.“I`ve received confirmation from my Telus sales rep that the Milestone will be scheduled to launch January 26th on the Telus network; provided that it... |
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