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Security data overwhelming Canadian IT depts: Cisco

Only 45 per cent of cybersecurity alerts are investigated in Canada, according to Cisco Systems Inc.’s 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report.

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Data, programmatic ads benefit in telecoms’ media ownership: Moody’s

Data insights and programmatic advertising that could disrupt digital media’s dominance are factors that could reap longer-term benefits for Canadian telecoms that own media properties, according to a report from Moody’s Corp.

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Don’t allow white space devices above 608 MHz, ISED hears

Innovation Canada (ISED) is hearing from both telecoms and broadcasters that it should go ahead with its proposal to limit white space devices to bands below 608 MHz, though for very different reasons.

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Worldwide smartphone sales dip in Q4: Gartner

Global smartphones saw a year-over-year decline in sales for the first time in the fourth quarter due to a preference for quality feature phones and users holding onto their smartphones longer, according to Gartner Inc.

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SWIFT takes fibre goals to the Hill

Over six years after it was established, a government-funded non-profit initiative seeking to deliver fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) to about a quarter of Ontario’s — and 10 per cent of Canada’s — population is registered to lobby the government for the first time.

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Judge upholds injunction against Kodi add-on host

The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a number of telecoms in their case against the man behind TV AddOns.

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CRTC grants telecoms Wireless Code extension

The CRTC has told Telus Corp., Rogers Communications Inc. and TBayTel Inc. that they can have the extra time they requested in order to implement certain requirements of the Wireless Code.

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Bell asking employees to support FairPlay at CRTC: report

BCE Inc. is allegedly encouraging its employees to submit comments to the CRTC supporting the anti-online piracy proposal Bell is backing as part of a bigger coalition, University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist wrote on his blog on Tuesday.

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ISED says no to TerreStar’s bid for more spectrum

Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada has decided against assigning additional unlicenced spectrum to TerreStar Solutions Inc. following opposition from a number of telecoms.

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Alt TV quietly becoming significant for Bell: Barclays

BCE Inc.’s Alt TV service is its “underappreciated driver for broadband growth,” Barclays Capital analyst Phillip Huang said in a research note following a meeting with Bell CEO George Cope.

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