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Subscribers with most of Canada’s wireless carriers can now subscribe to Amber Alerts by text message.

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‘These towers are causing tremendous backlash in our communities’

Responding to a recent dispute over cell tower construction in Calgary, Alta., a city planner says new wireless entrants on the scene do not fully understand the traditional working relationship that has existed between the city and wireless companies.

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Wireless companies battling for untapped, young, ‘social handset’ market

Rogers Communications Inc. is trying to remain ahead of the competition as wireless carriers battle for what analysts say is a huge, untapped market of young consumers interested in social networking smart phone plans. 

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Bridgewater expects growth due to mobile data usage

Bridgewater Systems is expecting its international customer base to grow as mobile data usage increases. 

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Bell introduces portable Internet for rural Québec and Ontario

Bell announced Wednesday its new “Turbo Hub” portable Internet service for rural and remote communities in Quebec and Ontario without wireline Internet.

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Mobile carriers drop system access fee—for new subscribers only

Rogers, Telus and Bell may have withdrawn their system access fees but the change will only apply to new customers, Bianca Anghel, a senior research analyst at the Seaboard Group in Toronto, told The Wire Report.

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Clement urges parties to fast track spam bill to Senate

OTTAWA—Industry Minister Tony Clement says he hopes the federal government’s new anti-spam legislation—introduced in the House in mostly the same form as the version that died in the Senate—can be put on the fast track to enactment.

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Regulation of new media will ‘hinder our participation in new markets’: Corus

OTTAWA—The regulation of new media activities online could hinder broadcasters from expanding their content and reach, Gary Maavara, vice-president and general counsel of Corus Entertainment Inc., told the House Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Tuesday.

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Videotron, Quebecor, take aim at Bell’s deferral account proposal

In a letter to the CRTC, Videtron Ltd. and Quebecor Media Inc. have strongly criticized Bell Canada’s proposal to use deferral account funds to subsidize wireless broadband Internet services in parts of rural Ontario and Quebec. 

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Canada 3.0 participants preparing digital consultation submission

Canada 3.0 organizers, with help from conference participants, are preparing a submission for the federal government’s digital economy consultation. 

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