NorthwesTel plan would kill competition, competitor says

NorthwesTel Inc.’s request to use tangible benefits spending to improve and expand its northern telecom services is a “shell game” that aims to “kill” its competition, said Iristel Inc., a new telecom entrant in Canada's North. 

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TVO offering 105 analog transmitters to local communities

One hundred and five low-powered TVO analog TV transmitters scheduled for decommission this week are being offered to local communities to use at no cost, the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA), the provincial agency that operates TVO, said.

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CRTC reopens local competition proceeding

The CRTC issued a renewed call for comments Monday on its proposed framework for implementing local landline competition in small markets as a part of its “obligation to serve” decision last May.

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Church joins Google’s communications team

Google Inc.’s Toronto office has added Leslie Church, Michael Ignatieff’s former communications director, as a senior manager on its communications and public affairs team.

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TVO, TFO approved for analog shutdown

Ontario’s French and English-language public broadcasters will begin decommissioning some of their 123 analog TV transmitters across the province on Tuesday after receiving the CRTC’s permission last week.

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Arctic Fibre lobbying telcos, governments, to sign onto Arctic fibre link

Arctic Fibre Inc. is asking Canadian telecos and government agencies to commit to using its proposed fibre backbone network for Internet services across Canada’s northern territories instead of satellite.

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Facebook won’t make smartphones: Zuckerberg

Facebook Inc. has no plans to get into the smartphone manufacturing business because it “wouldn’t really make much sense,” Mark Zuckerberg, the company's chief executive, said during a quarterly earnings call Thursday. 

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Cordova joining Wind as COO

Pietro Cordova will replace Gianluca Corti as chief operating officer of Wind Mobile, the company said Friday.

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CRTC amends regs for vertical integration, new media

The CRTC issued amendments to its rules for vertically integrated companies, small broadcast distributors and new media services, and in the process maintained a contested English-language “linkage” rule for vertically integrated broadcasters.

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Miller appointed Interactive Ontario chair

The Interactive Ontario (IO) board of directors appointed Peter Miller as its new chair, the organization said.

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