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Wind Mobile worth ‘more than zero’: Lacavera

Wind Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera said it’s “business as usual” at his company following the decision by majority owner VimpelCom Ltd. to write down the value of its $768-million US stake in the Canadian wireless carrier.

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Mobile TV not undue preference, promotes Canadian content: Rogers

Rogers Communications Inc.’s mobile-TV service upholds the Broadcasting Act by making Canadian content available and is not an undue preference, the company told the CRTC Wednesday.

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Telecoms offer few details on info disclosure

A group of academics has received responses from most of the telecommunications companies they questioned about practices and policies relating to sharing customer information with government authorities, though these responses did not go far in answering the questions posed to them.

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Tablet market growth continues to slow: IDC

Growth in worldwide tablets sales will continue to slow this year, International Data Corp. said in a press release Thursday.

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Telus, Rogers customers get preferred treatment on Radio-Canada platform

CBC/Radio-Canada announced Thursday that will be adding a subscription-based section to its ICI Tou.tv streaming platform, and a partnership with Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. will give postpaid subscribers to services of those companies free access to the new content.

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T-Mobile exec praises Canadian spectrum auction

T-Mobile US Inc.’s vice-president of federal regulatory affairs is holding up Canada’s auction of 700 MHz spectrum as an example of how limiting bidding by bigger wireless players can still result in successful financial results for government.  

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CBC at ‘forefront’ of digital media: CRTC’s Hutton

OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada has been at the vanguard of changes the broadcasting industry has faced due to the emergence of digital media in recent years, Scott Hutton, the CRTC’s executive director of broadcasting, told a Senate committee on Wednesday night.

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Telco-based TV penetration closing in on satellite: MTM

The market share for television services provided by telephone companies in English Canada has nearly caught up with that of satellite, said a report from CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitor.

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Channel Zero faces CRTC hearing on adult channel Cancon

Independent Canadian broadcaster Channel Zero Inc. will have to answer to the CRTC for violations of Canadian content and closed-captioning rules on its specialty channels, including three adult-movie stations, at a hearing in April.

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CRTC refuses request to ban prepaid expiry dates

The CRTC on Wednesday denied an appeal of a section of the wireless code that allows service providers to put expiration dates on prepaid services.

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