Amazon to quadruple Vancouver workforce

Amazon.com Inc. will add 3,000 new employees in Vancouver, B.C., the company said in a press release on Monday.

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Frontier-Eastlink tariff tiff could affect other ISPs, CNOC warns

A dispute between two internet service providers (ISPs) over the interpretation of a wholesale internet tariff could have wider consequences for other small internet providers, according to the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC).

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Bell loses in small claims court over price increases

A small claims court has decided in favour of a Toronto-area BCE Inc. customer who complained after signing up for a contract term at one price, which Bell proceeded to change unilaterally, according to reports by CBC/Radio-Canada.

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T-Mobile, Sprint tout merger as way to win race to 5G

T-Mobile US Inc. is looking to get ahead of the evolution to 5G with a play that would see it absorb another major telecommunications player in Sprint Corp., effectively bringing the United States wireless market down to three national players.

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Privacy heads ask for data protection in smart cities challenge

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is asking the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities to consider how privacy protocols were implemented when selecting smart cities challenge winners.  

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Trade committee recommends sales tax for foreign ‘intangible products’

The House standing committee on international trade is calling on the government to implement sales taxes on “intangible products” sold by foreign companies, improve rural internet access and enhance competition in the wireless market, in a report released on Thursday.

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Don’t allow social media data use by political parties: professor

OTTAWA There is no reason for political parties to be using social media data in election campaigns, a Laval University political science professor argued Thursday, suggesting such use should be banished.

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Voltage asks SCC for ‘teeth’ in notice-and-notice

Voltage Pictures LLC’s lawyer told the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) Thursday that while the “sky isn’t quite falling” when it comes to the damaging effects of piracy, it needs to be easier for rightsholders to go after those infringing their intellectual property.

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No more settlement demands in notice-and-notice letters: gov’t

Innovation Canada is pledging to regulate what makes up and goes into notice letters, it said as it announced its new intellectual property strategy Thursday.

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Big three unveil low-cost, data only plans to criticism

Canada’s big three wireless carriers have responded to the CRTC’s request to submit proposals on low-cost data-only mobile phone plans, though critics say the plans on offer won’t do much to address affordability.

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