| CBS Negotiating Online Distribution of TV Content
29/07/2010
Canada’s two biggest cell phone operators, Rogers Wireless and Bell Mobility, have released pricing information for the Apple iPhone 4, which is set to launch across the country tomorrow.Bell will offer a 16GB version of the iPhone 4 for $159.95, or a 32GB version for $269.95, both on a three-year contract.Rogers is offering the same deal on a three-year contract, but is extending the... |
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| Cell Phone Service Coming to Toronto Subways
04/12/2008
The majority of cell phone customers are open to mobile advertising if it substantially reduces their monthly wireless bill, according to a recent survey commissioned by Traverse and conducted by iGR.56% of those surveyed would be willing to receive mobile advertisements if they were given a 25 to 50 percent discount on wireless services. Users under the age of 35, who tend to have lower incomes... |
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| Chatr Helping the Competition, Says Public Mobile CFO
14/09/2010
A week after buying broadcaster, CTV, Bell Canada has officially launched Fibe TV, a subscription IPTV offering similar to Telus Corp.’s Optik service.The company has been testing Fibe TV in parts of Toronto and Montreal over the past few months, and will now launch the service commercially in several neighbourhoods of those cities. Five years from now, Bell anticipates that Fibe will be... |
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| China Announces Long-Awaited 3G Wireless Licenses
31/12/2008
A recent report suggests that mobile phone operators in developed countries should expect a tenfold increase in network traffic over the next seven years, as the number of customers using cell phones for data applications grows substantially.Ongoing growth in the mobile data sector will be driven by improved mobile broadband devices (such as USB modems and smartphones), widespread deployment of... |
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| China Mobile to Snub iPhone with its Own Mobile Software Store
13/04/2009
Canada’s wireless penetration continues to lag behind that of other G8 countries, and even some developing markets, according to a recent study by TNS.The Global Telecoms Insight study found that 70% of Canadians aged 16 to 60 currently own a mobile phone, up just one percentage point from 69% last year. This puts Canada well below the Britain and the United States, which have wireless... |
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| China Telecom Loses 1.48-Million Customers as China Mobile Flourishes
22/01/2008
China’s state-owned telephone operator, China Telecom, lost a record 1.48 million landline telephone customers last month and posted its first ever full-year drop in users, due to the rapidly increasing popularity of mobile phone services.The country’s leading wireless carrier, China Mobile, which is also state-controlled, separately reported gains of 6.6 million customers in the same... |
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| Chinese Telecom Market Grew 11% in 2006
02/01/2007
The number of Chinese telecommunications customers increased by 11% in 2006, with a total of 830 million fixed-line and mobile phone subscribers in the country as of December.This number is expected to further increase in the months to come, topping 900 million by the end of 2007, according to government projections. China’s wireless market is expected to grow especially quickly, as rural... |
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| Cincinnati Bell Acquires CenturyTel Assets in Dayton, Ohio
14/03/2008
Cincinnati Bell Inc. boosted the size of its growing Dayton, Ohio business this week when it agreed to acquire CenturyTel’s operations in the city, at a cost of $1.5 million.The deal includes 328 access lines for small and medium-sized enterprise customers, as well as key fiber-optic infrastructure in the city.CenturyTel’s customer relationships and networks are an excellent fit with... |
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| Cinergy MetroNet Brings On-Screen Caller ID to IPTV Service
11/09/2008
Indiana-based fiber-optic telecom operator, Cinergy MetroNet, has added Integra5’s TV caller ID feature to its residential IPTV service.The caller ID feature is being offered at no extra cost to triple-play (voice/data/video) subscribers, or $2.95/month to customers that use voice and video only.Customers can access a ‘network address book’ on Cinergy MetroNet’s web portal... |
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| Citizens Communications Reports $59-Million in Fourth-Quarter Profits
28/02/2008
Rural U.S. telecom provider, Citizens Communications Co, posted higher-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, bolstered by strong revenue from two recent acquisitions.Net quarterly income came in at $59 million, or $0.18 per share, down from $63.9 million or $0.20 per share in the final quarter of 2006. Analysts had expected earnings of only $0.16 a share.Overall revenue, meanwhile,... |
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