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Redknee deal means supporting one billion customers

Mississauga, Ont. company Redknee Solutions Inc. will buy Nokia Siemens Networks' business support systems, gaining an additional 1,200 employees, the companies said Wednesday.

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Mobile phone market slowing to 1.4% growth

Growth of the global mobile phone market will slow to 1.4 per cent for 2012, the lowest annual growth rate in three years, research firm IDC said Tuesday.

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Rogers focuses on mobile commerce and video, M2M, as TV declines

Rogers Communications Inc. will focus its growth on mobile commerce, mobile video and machine-to-machine communication devices over the next two years, Nadir Mohamed, president and CEO of the company, said Tuesday.

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Broadband affordability will be key to universal access, experts say

The affordability of broadband service, as opposed to where it’s available, will be the big question when the CRTC next reviews Internet access and whether it should be considered a “basic service,” industry experts say.

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WCIT is not ‘about taking over the Internet,’ Touré says

The news media contributed to “misinformation” leading up to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), a forum that “is not about taking over the Internet,” said Hamadoun Touré, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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Telus expands B.C. mobile coverage

Telus Corp. is investing $2.2 million in its wireless coverage of more than 35 kilometres of highway between Malakwa and Revelstoke, B.C., the company said Monday.

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Industry Canada removes L-band allocations

Industry Canada will no longer reserve a swath of “L-band” spectrum for digital radio services and has removed the band allocations for satellite broadcasting and satellite mobile services.

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Cogeco completes Atlantic Broadband deal

Cogeco Cable Inc. said Friday it completed its acquisition of cableco Atlantic Broadband Inc. from private equity firm ABRY Partners.

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Researchers urge changes to StatsCan’s Internet use survey

Statistics Canada’s Internet use survey should undergo some changes to be more effective and timely, said researchers who use the data.

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Blais foresees broadband access as ‘basic service’

OTTAWA—CRTC Chair Jean-Pierre Blais said he expects universal access to broadband Internet to one day be defined and regulated a "basic service," as home telephone services are now.

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