NFB, Radio Canada move ahead with free content, ‘the way of the past’

Public organizations like the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Radio Canada seem to be on the leading edge of digital media, providing free access to films and TV shows online.

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Bell acknowledges it wrongly charged rotary phone users a touch-tone fee

Bell Canada did not intend to charge touch-tone service fees to rotary phone customers, the company says in answer to an application filed with the CRTC by a public interest advocacy group. 

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Rural communities frustrated by high costs of wireless, and lack of it

As the CRTC prepares to hold hearings in October that will look at telecommunications services in underserved areas, Canadian rural communities are expressing frustration about access to wireless and broadband, and its high costs. 

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‘We can’t compete with the regulator but we’ll compete for customers’: Cope

BCE Inc. is ready to compete with new wireless entrants if Canada’s foreign ownership rules are relaxed, says the company’s president and CEO, George Cope. 

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Government not releasing any internal Globalive documents, feds tell Public Mobile

The federal government has responded to Public Mobile’s federal court challenge on the Globalive decision, saying it will not release documents related to the government decision. 

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SolutionInc reaches licence agreement with Movielink

Halifax company SolutionInc Ltd. announced Thursday a licence agreement with Movielink Pty Ltd., Australia’s largest provider of video on demand service. 

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Telcos ask CRTC to consider traffic management in separate hearing

Canada’s largest telco providers have asked the CRTC to alter the scope of its review of access to basic telecommunications services, calling on the commission to consider wireless mobile services—including traffic management—in a separate review. 

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Crossover inks agreement with Zinwave for market reach into Canada

Crossover Distribution.com Corp. announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Columbus, Ohio, company Zinwave Ltd., to extend the company’s market reach into Canada. 

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Alpha Group and Cogeco announce new network infrastructure for equity trading

Alpha Group and Cogeco Data Services announced Thursday a partnership to create Secure Consolidated Network Infrastructure (SCNI) for Canadian equity markets and related services. 

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BC government to introduce digital media tax credit in March budget

The British Columbia provincial government announced Wednesday new interactive digital media tax credit. 

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