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RIM to consider sale, other options, after disappointing Q4

Research in Motion Ltd. announced a shake-up at the company’s executive level Thursday and the launch of a “comprehensive review of strategic opportunities” as the company released a fifth consecutive disappointing earnings report.

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Budget cuts to make CBC’s job harder and draw critics, experts say

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Q&A: When the market is competitive, deregulate, Intven says

Hank Intven, a telecom expert and partner with McCarthy Tetrault in Toronto, says it’s taken a while, but Canada’s telecom regulator has got it’s economic theory right. When a market is sufficiently competitive, deregulate.

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Print newspapers still top news source: Nadbank

Print newspapers continue to be the primary format of choice for newspaper readers, Newspaper Audience Databank Inc. (Nadbank) said in a report released Thursday.

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Bell rolls out fibre in Yarmouth, N.S.

Bell Aliant will spend $2.6 million to expand its fibre-to-the-home network to Yarmouth, N.S., the BCE Inc. subsidiary said Thursday. 

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Amend ATIP exemptions for CBC: Committee report

The House of Commons ethics committee is calling on the government to amend a controversial section of the Access to Information Act that exempts CBC/Radio-Canada's “journalistic, creative or programming activities” from public scrutiny. 

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Rogers to lay off 300 employees

Rogers Communications Inc. is laying off about 300 employees, the company said this week.

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BitTorrent says its new protocol eliminated 80-90% of p2p congestion

A redesigned BitTorrent protocol is now in use by about 80 to 90 per cent of BitTorrent clients around the world, eliminating congestion caused by peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing during peak traffic periods, BitTorrent Inc.’s chief executive told The Wire Report in an interview. 

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CBC to face 2.5% cut this year, rising to 10% in 2014-2015, Tory budget says

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Without iPhone, Videotron competing in about half the market

Acquiring “prime” 700 MHz spectrum will be key to Videotron Ltd.'s ability to sell the Apple Inc. iPhone and compete for about half of the Quebec market the company is missing due to operation on the AWS band, analysts say.

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