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Canadians prefer iPhone for second screen, Blackberry for news tweets

Canadians overwhelmingly use Apple Inc. iPhones as a second screen when watching television, and despite vanishingly small market share, those with BlackBerry Ltd. smartphones account for nearly one-sixth of second screen use during news programs, according to research on Twitter traffic from social TV ratings company Seevibes.

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Bell not licensing content to OTT service is undue preference: complaint

Leiacomm, a company that plans to launch an over-the-top TV service in Canada, has filed a complaint against BCE Inc.’s Bell Media subsidiary for refusing to license its content to the service.

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CRTC rebuts claims it overstepped with wireless code

The CRTC not only has the right to implement its consumer-friendly wireless code, but its powers extend to the so-far-unused ability to determine prices within the wireless industry, the commission said in a response filed Thursday to a court challenge from some of Canada’s biggest telecoms companies.

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Public Mobile changing unlimited data plans to 1 GB limit

Public Mobile says on its website that it is eliminating its unlimited wireless plans.

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Variety on television must be preserved, says Bell’s Crull

OTTAWA — Industry executives disagreed about the best way to give consumers more choice as they discussed the CRTC’s ongoing review of the television system during a panel discussion at the Prime Time conference on Thursday.

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‘That was a lot to spend,’ analyst says of Rogers’ auction activity

Rogers Communications Inc. spent more than expected in the government’s 700 MHz spectrum auction, while Videotron, owned by Quebecor Inc., expanded its network across the country for a relatively low price, analysts said on Thursday.

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700 MHz auction ‘biased against regional carriers’: SaskTel

Ron Styles, president of Saskatchewan telecom services provider SaskTel, said Thursday that the 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction’s format was “clearly biased against regional carriers.”

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Facebook to pay $19B US for WhatsApp

Facebook Inc. said Wednesday has reached an agreement to pay about $19 billion US for mobile-messaging application company WhatsApp Inc.

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Videotron reduces international roaming rates

Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unit said Wednesday it was reducing roaming rates for customers travelling to the United States, Europe and the Caribbean.

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Mobilicity counters claim from Amdocs

Mobilicity has filed an affidavit in court challenging claims for payment from one of its suppliers.

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