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Verizon CEO says unlimited data ‘has to go away’

Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon Communications Inc., said wireless carriers will have to stop offering unlimited data.

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Rogers renews partnership with MLB

Rogers Communications Inc. said Wednesday it has renewed its long-standing partnership with Major League Baseball, extending its Sportsnet channel's multi-platform broadcasting rights to hundreds of games a year for the next eight seasons and extending its exclusive Canadian right to sell the MLB Network through Rogers’ digital-television service.

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Sony to launch ‘cloud-based’ TV service

Sony Corp. will launch a “cloud-based” TV service in the U.S. this year, Andrew House, president and group CEO of Sony subsidiary Sony Computer Entertainment, said Tuesday in a speech at the CES technology trade show in Las Vegas.

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‘Penetration-based’ subscription rates needed in pick-and-pay regime: experts

Carriage negotiations between broadcasters and the broadcast distributors who deliver their channels to consumers will focus on finding the right “penetration-based” price rates in a future pick-and-pay TV model, industry insiders and experts said.

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Mobilicity asks court to rule on spectrum transfers, cites government ambiguity

Mobilicity is asking the Ontario Superior Court to consider whether it could approve a transfer of the new entrant provider’s spectrum licences as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, and in the absence of an Industry Canada decision on any proposed spectrum transfer, court documents show.

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Content collectives ask for court review of Copyright Board ruling

At least two content collectives are asking the Federal Court of Appeal to review a decision the Copyright Board made in November regarding interest payments in the reallocation of tariffs for distant television and radio signals for the years 2009 to 2013.

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Android users expected to exceed a billion this year

Google Inc.’s Android operating system will reach 1.1 billion users in 2014, research company Gartner Inc. said.

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Videotron to offer unlimited mobile data

Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron will begin offering an unlimited data plan to its wireless customers on Jan. 8.

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Dean Prevost leaving Allstream

Dean Prevost, president of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.’s MTS Allstream business unit, will leave the company on Jan. 17.

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Gogo launching WiFi on some flights through Canada

In-flight WiFi provider Gogo Inc. said that a portion of its Canadian network is now live.

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