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Cisco, Ericsson team up to ‘create networks of the future’

Cisco Systems Inc. and Ericsson AB announced Monday they are combining efforts to develop networking technology in areas such as mobile, routing, cloud and data centres.

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Corus version of Disney XD coming in December

Corus Entertainment Inc. said Monday that its version of kids' specialty channel Disney XD will start broadcasting in Canada in December.

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‘Record’ loss of TV subscribers this year: Boon Dog

The number of Canadian households abandoning TV-service subscriptions from Canada’s biggest providers during the first nine months of this year was almost seven times higher than during the same period a year earlier, according to data compiled by consulting company Boon Dog Professional Services Inc.

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CCTS shouldn’t be consumer advocate: Bell

Officials from BCE Inc. told a CRTC panel Friday that the mandate of the Commission for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) shouldn’t be expanded to allow it to become a consumer advocacy body.

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Industry Canada changes name

Industry Canada will be known as Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada under the new Liberal government, a notice on the Privy Council Office website indicates.

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CRTC says 30-day cancellation ban not for single channels

The CRTC on Friday made certain clarifications about the policy implemented early this year to prohibit providers of telecommunications services from requiring 30-days' notice of subscription cancellations.

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Deadline extended in review of local, community TV

The CRTC said Friday it extended the deadline for interventions in its review of the policy framework for local and community television programming to 8 p.m. ET that evening.

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CRTC alters definition of ‘full MVNO’

The CRTC said Friday it has tweaked the definition of a "full mobile virtual network operator" (MVNO) and has put in place a process to allow such entities to be assigned "mobile network codes" that can be used to establish direct roaming agreements with other service providers both in Canada and internationally.

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Lead-up to Discoverability Summit in Montreal Dec. 3

The CRTC announced Friday that the second of two En Route events leading up to its Discoverability Summit will be held in Montreal on Dec. 3 with discussions focusing on French-language markets.

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Huawei, Telus to create 5G lab in Vancouver

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said Friday that it has partnered with Telus Corp. to create a lab to help develop 5G technology.

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