Bell, Rogers and TELUS sing the blues

So the big three telecommunication companies think it’s unfair for Ottawa not to protect them from a possible Verizon arrival in Canada? Or, more specifically, they want Industry Canada to close loopholes so that if Verizon does decide to set …

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Verizon Canada?

Yes, you read this correctly! In fact, Verizon’s links to Canada go back many years. In late 2004, the company sold its 20.5% stake in Telus, the Canadian telecom formed in 1995 with the acquisition of the Edmonton Telephones Corporation …

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What a Week that Was!

It seems as though each year the Canadian Regulator (CRTC) and/or Industry Canada (IC) uses the Canadian Telecom Summit as the venue for anxiously-awaited policy announcements. And this, the 13th year of CTS (held June 3 thru 5 in Toronto) …

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Ericsson to Acquire Microsoft Mediaroom

In a move that highlighted its strategy of being service providers’ partner of choice for video distribution across multiple networks and devices, 
in early-April 2013, Ericsson announced it had reached an agreement with Microsoft to acquire its Mediaroom business. Once …

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BYOD software applications

It’s Monday morning, March Break is done and you’re back to the office. Are you taking your trusty iPhone with you or does the company insist you use the outdated BlackBerry it gave you three years ago? Or perhaps, you’d …

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