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Union representing Shaw workers votes to strike

The members of a union at Shaw Communications Inc. in British Columbia have voted to strike due to issues including job security, wages and making employees pay for work devices.

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ISED approves AWS-1 spectrum lease to Sasktel

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has approved the leasing of wireless spectrum from Telus Corp. to crown corporation Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.

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New Zealand company violated privacy of millions of Canadians: OPC

A company that copied and reused information posted on Facebook Inc.’s social media site violated the privacy of “potentially some” 4.5 million Canadians, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) said Thursday.

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Freedom launches its own low-cost data plans

Shaw Communications Inc. has launched low-cost wireless data plans that trump offers proposed by its competitors to the CRTC, after the telecoms told the regulator that it should accept no substitutes what they proposed.

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Still lots of room for industry growth in wireless: Rogers CEO

Explaining the relentless pace of growth in Canada’s wireless industry, Rogers Communications Inc.’s CEO Joe Natale said Canada still hasn’t reached its peak potential for subscribing Canadians.

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Joly out at Heritage as Pablo Rodriguez named new minister

Former chief government whip Pablo Rodriguez is the new heritage minister, replacing the embattled Mélanie Joly, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet on Wednesday.

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72% of Canadians watched 2018 World Cup on Bell properties: Numeris

The 2018 World Cup in Russia saw 25.8 million viewers on BCE Inc. networks in Canada, amounting to 72 per cent of the population and 200 million hours of consumed coverage, the company said in a Tuesday press release.

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New network quality rules will mean more fibre, Canadian IXPs: experts

To meet the CRTC’s basic service standard, internet service providers (ISPs) must provide a service with a latency of 50 milliseconds (ms) between a customer’s modem and an internet exchange point (IXP) in a major Canadian city, and have less than 0.25 per cent packet loss, according to new standards set by the regulator.

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Numeris’ new digital measurement a ‘necessary step’: expert

Broadcasters with multiplatform properties are expected to benefit from a new video audience measurement (VAM) system from Numeris, which announced Thursday that it will begin recruiting viewers to participate as panelists, after recently completing a proof of concept.  

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Bell Media intros customized TV ads

BCE Inc.’s media division has begun offering new 30-second ad spots that are customized to the TV show in which they’re broadcasting.

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