Boccaccio joins XT+M as VP communications

Canadian online marketing company XT+M has added Lisa Boccaccio to its team as vice president of communications. 

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PEI ban on using handhelds while driving starts Jan. 23

Drivers will no longer be allowed to use handheld wireless electronic devices in Prince Edward Island as of Jan. 23.

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CRTC’s complaints-based net neutrality regime won’t result in ‘any complaints at all,’ critics say

Critics say the CRTC’s complaints-based regulatory approach to net neutrality is so complex, expensive, and cumbersome that they don’t expect “any complaints at all” against ISPs engaging in net throttling.

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Rogers blinks, withdraws telecom application on walkaways

Rogers Communications Inc. withdrew its telecom application from the CRTC on Friday, which had requested that cellphone customers take their balances with them when switching phone companies.

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Two more DFAIT copyright submissions leaked on Geist’s blog

Popular blogger and University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist revealed two more leaked submissions to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) regarding its consultations on the Canada-EU trade negotiations.

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Copyright Board tariff comes to Sirius customers’ bills

Sirius Canada announced Thursday that, effective March 1, 2010, a Canadian music royalty fee of six per cent will be added to its radio subscriptions, Digital Home reports. 

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Rogers says its telecom application is ‘probably a money loser’

Rogers Communications Inc. says its CRTC application—which would force customers to take their balances with them when they switch phone companies—will “probably be a money loser.” 

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Videotron says it plans to create 600 new jobs in 2010

Videotron Ltd. announced plans Wednesday to create more than 600 new permanent fulltime jobs by the end of the year. 

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Francophone community radio strong; competing with private radio: ARRF

On the final day of the CRTC’s hearings for its review of the campus and community radio sector, the Association des radios régionales francophones (ARRF) aired concerns about a competitive threat it sees from community radio stations in small francophone markets. 

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New CTV-Rogers Olympic consortium planning to step up digital content; CBC, Telus will be watching

With the CBC losing it’s Olympic bid for the first time since 1996, this year’s new Olympic broadcast consortium is under pressure to demonstrate that it can deliver Canadians the content they want via new, digital platforms. 

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