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Rizwan Jamal leaves Xplore to become CEO of Beanfield
telecom | 07/02/2024 1:44 pm EDT
Rizwan Jamal is the new CEO of Beanfield Technologies Inc. effective immediately, the company announced Tuesday. Jamal comes to the firm from Xplore Inc., where he also served as chief executive.
He is replacing Dan Armstrong, who founded the company.
“Beanfield has...
Beanfield appoints new SVP of commercial services
telecom | 03/07/2024 4:44 pm EST
Beanfield Technologies Inc. has hired Chris Adamkowski as its new SVP of commercial services, the company announced Thursday.
“I am thrilled to be joining Beanfield and contributing to the mission of connecting communities through Canada's largest privately owned fibre-optic network,” said Adamkowski in a press release.
“I eagerly anticipate the opportunity to challenge Canadian businesses to unlock the potential of their people and harness the benefits of...
Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing
telecom | 02/14/2024 4:24 pm EST
To bring affordable internet and consumer choice to rural communities, the...
Terago appoints new CFO
telecom | 01/04/2024 5:05 pm EST
Terago Inc. announced the appointment of Jason Toledano as its new CFO, effective last Tuesday.
The telecommunications industry veteran succeeds Phil Jones, who is...
Rogers defends bulk MDU deals as competitive practice
telecom | 10/30/2023 4:24 pm EDT
In an answer submitted to the CRTC last Thursday, Rogers Communications Inc. defended its multiple...
Competitors rally behind Beanfield in fight against Rogers’ exclusive MDU agreements
telecom | 10/27/2023 6:46 pm EDT
Interventions coming in from the CRTC show...
OPINION: Bulk MDU deals no longer a rare occurrence
telecom | 09/29/2023 6:20 pm EDT
by Todd Hofley, vice-president, Policy and Communications, Beanfield
Like many industries, telecommunications has its share of good and bad behaviour. Good, from Beanfield’s perspective, means transparent, fair, reliable and always putting the customer first. Bad means...
Beanfield accuses Rogers of breaking MDU access rules with bulk agreements
telecom | 09/26/2023 7:11 pm EDT
Beanfield Technologies Inc. has called out Rogers Communications Inc. over...
Beanfield appoints new CFO
telecom | 06/20/2023 5:07 pm EDT
Beanfield Technologies Inc. has named Lucie Laplante as chief financial officer. The telecom operates in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa.
“I”ve always admired Beanfield’s commitment to the community and their values,” Laplante said in a Tuesday press release. “It’s obvious...
Commercial MDU exclusivity deals, high riser management fees re-monopolizing telecom sector: Beanfield founder
telecom | 11/21/2022 5:25 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Beanfield Technologies...
Beanfield acquires Urbanfibre
telecom | 07/28/2022 3:52 pm EDT
Toronto network operator Beanfield Technologies Inc. has acquired another internet service provider, this...
Beanfield wants CRTC to expand scope in Toronto MDU proceeding
telecom | 04/19/2022 4:41 pm EDT
In replies to one of a number of disputes before the CRTC about access to...
Beanfield buys ISP FibreStream
telecom | 01/25/2022 3:33 pm EST
Toronto network operator Beanfield Technologies Inc. has purchased internet service provider (ISP) FibreSteam Inc., allowing it to expand its network. Beanfield operates networks in Toronto and Montreal; FibreStream is in Toronto...
Court grants CIPPIC, Beanfield intervenor status in dynamic site-blocking case
Media | 10/14/2021 5:39 pm EDT
A Federal Court judge has granted intervenor status to the...
Fibre company Beanfield acquired
telecom | 11/13/2019 3:55 pm EST
U.S.-based investment company Digital Colony has made another major purchase of Canadian telecom-owned assets this year, announcing on Wednesday the acquisition of fibre internet provider Beanfield Technologies Inc. ...
ISP coalition stands up to proposed hydro pole price
telecom | 03/22/2018 5:53 pm EDT
A coalition of internet service providers (ISPs) is taking the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to task over a proposal to significantly raise the cost of hydro pole installation across the province, which they say will inevitably lead to a higher cost of internet service pushed on customers. Using a website dedicated to the issue, the Ontario Broadband Coalition (OCB) is arguing that the OEB’s proposed wireline pole attachment rate of $52 would “put in jeopardy the expansion of broadband across Ontario and could mean higher internet rates for families and businesses.” The rate increase...
Facilities ownership key to competition, ISP conference hears
telecom | 11/06/2017 7:37 pm EST
TORONTO — Owning fibre facilities is the primary way to drive...
Toronto telecom wins access in condo dispute
telecom | 08/15/2016 4:05 pm EDT
A Toronto condominium complex already served by three telecom service providers has to make room for one more, the CRTC has ruled. In a decision posted Monday, the commission said the owners of the three subject...
Toronto telecom provider seeks condo access
telecom | 01/04/2016 9:07 pm EST
Beanfield Technologies Inc., an independent provider of fibre-based Internet, TV and phone services in Toronto, is asking the CRTC to help it gain access to one of the few condominium buildings it isn't already connected to in...
CRTC approves new IPTV service from VMedia
Media | 05/08/2015 8:39 pm EDT
The CRTC on Friday approved a new IPTV service from VMedia Inc., despite arguments from some interveners that the proposed service would be transmitted over the public Internet and should therefore not be licensed as a broadcast...
Small Toronto ISP to provide fibre link for Pan Am athletes
telecom | 04/20/2015 8:10 pm EDT
Athletes from across two continents competing in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto this summer will be able to connect with family and friends back home via high-speed fibre Internet connections provided by Beanfield Technologies Inc. The company, the official communications services supplier for the games, has a fibre network in downtown Toronto that links commercial and residential buildings all along the waterfront to the Internet at speeds of 100 Mbps and more. In June 2011, Beanfield won the contract for connecting the Waterfront Toronto development, including condominiums and...
Rogers condo connection could be cut off without Bell access
telecom | 04/16/2015 4:05 pm EDT
The CRTC said Thursday that unless a developer provides BCE Inc. "timely access" to a Toronto condominium building about to accept new occupants, the other service providers that have been...