| CityTV iPad Application a Hit on iTunes
27/09/2010
Bell Canada has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that it overbilled a number of landline and wireless customers in Ontario.The company apparently charged late fees to customers that paid their phone bills by cheque, before the deadline listed on the bill.Bell denies any fault or obligation in the case, but has agreed to take certain actions in order to rectify the dispute. These... |
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| Cogeco Begins Offering 50-Mbps Cable Broadband in Ontario
13/07/2009
Canada’s biggest cell phone operator, Rogers Wireless, has launched what will likely be the first in a new class of products: web-ready netbooks with built-in 3.5G (HSPA) mobile broadband chips.The HP Mini 110, manufactured by Hewlett-Packard, offers true broadband speeds of up to 7.2-Mbps, in markets where Rogers’ HSPA network is available. The growing list of HSPA markets includes... |
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| Cogeco Cable Posts Huge Increase in Revenue, Profits
11/07/2007
Canadian cable giant, Cogeco Cable, has announced a 56.3% increase in sales during its third quarter, with total revenues of $240.6 million. Net income increased to an even $20 million, or 53% higher than the same three-month period last year.Cogeco lost a net total of 2,900 basic cable subscriptions in Q3, but managed to add 8,000 digital television users and 11,000 cable broadband customers.... |
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| Comcast Integrates Email with Online Voicemail Access
08/05/2007
America’s leading cable operator, Comcast, announced yesterday that it is integrating its email and voice messaging services into a single internet-based communications platform called SmartZone.The service will be offered as a free add-on to Comcast’s high-speed internet and digital phone subscribers, allowing them to access voice and email messages over the web, together with free... |
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| Comcast Introduces WiMAX Mobile Broadband Service
28/06/2009
Canada’s leading telecom carriers, Bell and Telus, may begin offering Apple’s popular iPhone 3GS device later this year, according to a recent Toronto Star article, citing anonymous sources.Telus and Bell are currently working on a C$1 billion joint upgrade of their wireless networks, which will allow them to begin supporting a range of GSM-based handsets, including the iPhone.... |
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| Comcast Offers Special Triple-Play Discount in San Francisco
11/07/2006
America`s biggest cable company, Comcast, has decided to aggressively increase its competitive advantage in the San Francisco Bay area by offering its entire triple play bundle for just $99/month.Customers who bundle Comcast Digital Cable service (with video-on-demand) with Digital Voice and High-Speed Internet access will pay a monthly rate of just $99 for the first year. This compares to the... |
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| Comcast Rivals AT&T with Small Business Telecom Service
25/03/2008
America’s leading cable company, Comcast, is entering the small- to medium-sized business telecom market for the first time, putting additional pressure on industry incumbents like AT&T.Comcast’s Business Class Voice service, which can be bundled with high-speed internet and IPTV for as little as $100/month, was launched yesterday in a number of New England states.These business... |
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| Consortium of Pension Funds Seeks to Take Bell Canada Private
19/04/2007
BCE Inc., the parent of Canada’s largest telephone provider, announced on Tuesday that it has entered negotiations to sell the business to a private consortium of pension funds.The group is being led by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investment Board, Caisse de dĂ©pĂ´t et placement du QuĂ©bec, and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and also includes Kohlberg Kravis... |
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| Consumer Group Calls Foul on Bell Rebate Offer
23/11/2010
Bell Mobility has begun selling the Novatel Wireless U547 device under the “Turbo Stick” brand name, potentially doubling customers’ mobile data bandwidth.Customers in downtown Toronto who pay and extra $10/month for ‘HSPA+‘ service can theoretically access the internet at speeds of up to 42-Mbps when the Turbo Stick is plugged into their laptop or notebook computer.... |
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| Court Stays Patent Injunction Against Vonage
24/04/2007
A U.S. Appeals Court has agreed stay a crippling injunction against Vonage Holdings Corp., which would have prevented the independent VoIP provider from singing up new customers, due to a successful patent lawsuit by larger rival, Verizon Communications.A panel of judges asked questions to each of the two companies for approximately 45 minutes, before ruling that the injunction would be stayed... |
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