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Android, iOS approach ‘total domination’ of smartphone market

Google Inc.'s Android and Apple Inc.'s iOS operating systems "inched closer to total domination of the worldwide smartphone market" in the fourth quarter of 2014, International Data Corp. said Tuesday.

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Bell extends LTE network in Ontario, Quebec

BCE Inc. announced Wednesday it has extended its LTE service to 120 rural and remote communities in Ontario and Quebec.

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Online video factors into cord-cutting: CIRA survey

Newly released results from a Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) survey show the availability of online video content is a factor for four in 10 Canadian Internet users who do not subscribe to cable TV.

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Telus partners with Jasper on IoT

Telus Corp. announced Tuesday it is partnering with Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider Jasper Inc. for its own IoT platform, the Telus Control Centre.

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Shaw ‘welcomes’ third-party ISP customers: CRTC filing

Shaw Communications Inc. has filed a response to the small ISPs that oppose its proposed new prices for wholesale Internet access that argues against the notion of its moves being anti-competitive.

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Bell seeking costs in appeal to overturn mobile-TV ruling

BCE Inc. is seeking to recover legal costs from a range of parties — including an advocacy group representing senior citizens, private individuals and companies in the telecommunications sector — in a case it has brought before the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn a January CRTC ruling that compelled it to treat video streamed through its mobile-TV app like any other data.

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Shaw partners with B.C. city to provide free WiFi

Shaw Communications Inc. has partnered with the City of Port Coquitlam, B.C., to bring free WiFi to the city’s parks and public facilities, the city and company announced Monday.

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Ericsson to purchase Ontario’s TimelessMind

Ericsson AB said Friday it has reached an agreement to purchase TimelessMind Inc., a Mississauga, Ont.-based provider of technological services for the telecommunications sector.

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Apple to spend billions on European data centres

Apple Inc. said Monday it will spend 1.7 billion euros ($2.4 billion Cdn) on two data centres in Europe that are expected to be operational in 2017.

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CRTC suspends proceeding against Shomi, CraveTV

The CRTC has suspended the proceeding initiated the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and Consumers' Association of Canada (CAC) against video-streaming services CraveTV and Shomi.

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