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‘Triple-play,’ fibre customers most satisfied: J.D. Power

Customers who bundle their TV, Internet and phone services or who subscribe to a fibre Internet service are most satisfied with their telecom service providers, a pair of J. D. Power and Associates surveys said.

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‘Very realistic’ Verizon entry a ‘game changer,’ analysts say

Verizon Communications Inc. is waiting to see Industry Canada’s new rules for spectrum licence transfers and is seeking clarification on the department’s rules for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction, RBC Capital Markets analyst Drew McReynolds said.

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Kickstarter to launch in Canada this summer

Kickstarter Inc. will begin offering its crowdfunding services in Canada sometime this summer, the company said Thursday on its official Twitter feed.

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Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, argue against new music download royalty

Apple Inc., Microsoft Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Canada's largest Internet and mobile wireless providers said the Conservative government's amendments to the Copyright Act last year did not create a new right for the collection of online music royalties.

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Government answers more spectrum auction questions

Industry Canada has released additional information about the rules for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction, answering three new “clarification questions” on its website Tuesday.

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Verizon would lack towers, backhaul, ‘quad play,’ Rogers says

Verizon Communications Inc.'s entry into the Canadian wireless market would be disadvantaged by a lack of towers, backhaul and a “quad play” offering, said Anthony Staffieri, executive vice-president and chief financial officer at Rogers Communications Inc.

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CRTC expected to approve Bell-Astral: Shine

BCE Inc. has “pretty much done all it could do to appease” CRTC concerns about the company’s proposed $3.38-billion purchase of Astral Media Inc. and should receive regulatory approval this week, National Bank Financial analyst Adam Shine said.

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Former RIM CEO heads clean technology foundation

Jim Balsillie, former CEO of Research in Motion Ltd., is the new chairman of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, the Department of Natural Resources said in release a Tuesday.

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CRTC to issue BCE-Astral decision Thursday

The CRTC will release its decision on BCE Inc.’s $3.38-billion deal to buy Astral Media Inc. on Thursday, after rejecting Bell's first application to acquire Astral last year, the commission said in a notice Tuesday.

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Privacy, ‘speculative invoicing’ concerns raised at Voltage hearing

TORONTO—Privacy concerns and Voltage Pictures Inc.'s previous lawsuits in the United States were the focus of a court hearing that will determine whether the studio can sue Canadian Internet subscribers whose accounts have been linked to illegal downloads of its films.

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