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Zipperstein to replace Bawa at RIM

Research in Motion Ltd. has appointed former Verizon Wireless lawyer Steve Zipperstein as the company’s new chief legal officer, the company said in a release Thursday.

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RIM delays BB10, reports loss

Research In Motion Ltd. will delay the launch of its Blackberry 10 operating system until 2013, the company said Thursday as it reported a loss in its first quarter results.

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‘System access fee’ class action suit will probably end in settlement: lawyer

An $18-billion class action lawsuit against some of the country’s largest wireless carriers will probably end in a closed-door settlement after the Supreme Court paved the way for the case to proceed, Tony Merchant, the lawyer representing the defendants, said.

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Rogers, York region dispute escalates on costs of burying cable

A regulatory dispute between Rogers Communications Inc. and the Regional Municipality of York escalated as the municipality asked the CRTC to schedule an oral hearing to decide who should cover the costs of burying Rogers’ cables to accommodate a regional transit project.

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Google unveils new tablet, music device

Google Inc. unveiled a new tablet, dubbed the Nexus 7, at the Google I/O Conference for developers in San Francisco on Wednesday, marking the company’s entry into the tablet business. 

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FedDev pledges $5.3M for Waterloo tech

The federal government is investing $5.3 million into eight southern Ontario technology companies to help small companies commercialize their products and create high-tech jobs in the region, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) said Wednesday. 

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Cannot serve broadband to ‘uninhabited’ communities, Telus tells CRTC

Telus Corp. asked the CRTC for permission to change the communities it will serve with broadband using deferral account funding, the company said in a letter to the commission dated June 21.

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NAC TV applies for local TV funding

NAC TV, a local access television station in Neepawa, Man., asked the CRTC to receive funding from its Small Market Local Programming Fund (SMLPF), the independent broadcaster said in a May 18 letter to the commission.

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Verizon, T-Mobile agree to swap AWS licences

Verizon Communications Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have reached a deal to swap AWS spectrum licences in 218 United States markets, the companies said Monday.

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CBC channel, two Chinese services, approved

The CRTC approved a new CBC/Radio-Canada specialty channel licence and added China’s state-run broadcaster's French and English-language services to the lists of foreign channels eligible for distribution in Canada, the commission said Tuesday.

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