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CTS discusses road map to growth in telecom market despite challenges
telecom | 06/18/2024 5:52 pm EDT
TORONTO – It is a tough picture for companies looking to grow in the Canadian telecom market but there are hopeful signs, a trio of experts told the Canadian Telecom Summit...
Verizon Media to be sold to Apollo Funds
Media | 05/03/2021 3:12 pm EDT
Investment management firm Apollo Global Management Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Verizon Media for $5 billion. Under the terms of the agreement announced Monday, Verizon Communications Inc. will receive $4.25 billion in cash, preferred interests of $750 million and retain a 10 per cent stake in Verizon Media. Current CEO Guru Gowrappan will continue to lead Verizon Media, which will be known as Yahoo, the company said in a release. “The past two quarters of double-digit growth have demonstrated our ability to transform our media ecosystem. With Apollo’s sector...
Samsung readying 5G PR blitz in Canada: internal comms
telecom | 02/21/2019 5:23 pm EST
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is embarking this year on a massive...
Samsung to lobby on 5G ahead of Huawei decision
telecom | 02/19/2019 5:53 pm EST
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has updated its lobby files to include discussions on 5G deployment...
Verizon to offer Samsung 5G phones in U.S. next year
telecom | 12/03/2018 1:18 pm EST
U.S. telecom Verizon Communications Inc. plans to have device manufacturer Samsung Electronics Co.’s 5G-compatible smartphones in the U.S. market within the first half of next year, the two companies announced Monday. That...
‘Narrow window’ to make new comms laws with USMCA: Nordicity
Media | 10/02/2018 3:28 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- There is an “urgent need” for Canadian lawmakers to set out a new communications framework now that Canada has hammered out a new trilateral agreement on trade to replace the North...
Facebook sues BlackBerry for voice, security tech
telecom | 09/05/2018 5:38 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. filed a suit against BlackBerry Ltd. Tuesday accusing the device-maker of allegedly infringing on six of its patents, including voice messaging technology and security components, following BlackBerry’s suit against the social media company earlier this year. The six patents relate to a number of proprietary technologies, including the option to switch to voice calls from an instant messaging chat, a multiplatform device manager, GPS technology that allows users to monitor multiple-tracked devices from a single location, and a dedicated security processor that functions...
BlackBerry to offer ransomware recovery service
telecom | 08/09/2018 4:56 pm EDT
In a bid to combat the growing problem of ransomware, BlackBerry Ltd. announced in a release on Monday an...
Big Three face lawsuit over 911-location tech
telecom | 08/07/2018 4:05 pm EDT
A Colorado-based company is suing BCE Inc., Telus Corp. and Rogers Communications Inc. for allegedly violating its patents involving technology used to locate mobile phones for 911 service. TracBeam LLC filed a statement of...
OPC follows up on Rogers email complaints
telecom | 05/02/2018 4:43 pm EDT
On Tuesday, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) said it is opening an investigation...
T-Mobile, Sprint tout merger as way to win race to 5G
telecom | 04/30/2018 3:34 pm EDT
T-Mobile US Inc. is looking to get ahead of the evolution to 5G with a play that would see it absorb...
Rogers email users mad about missing data mining opt-out
Media | 04/20/2018 5:18 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. customers spoke out on social media this week...
New promise for fixed wireless, as telecoms incorporate LTE, 5G
telecom | 03/15/2018 2:12 pm EDT
Advances in fixed wireless technology could make it a more viable option...
U.S. IC chiefs issue warning against Huawei, ZTE devices
telecom | 02/16/2018 5:43 pm EST
The United States Senate Intelligence Committee heard from six high-ranking...
Can telecoms cut through the blockchain hype?
telecom | 01/19/2018 3:38 pm EST
The federal government said Friday it is “experimenting” with blockchain technology to create a...
Telus almost hits gig speeds on LTE-A test
telecom | 09/27/2017 12:50 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has achieved nearly 1 Gbps speeds on LTE as part of a test, it said in a press release Wednesday.
Telus said the company “successfully completed the first test of Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) on indoor and outdoor live networks in Canada. The tests...
Google linking names under publication bans with articles: report
Media | 09/21/2017 5:54 pm EDT
Algorithms used by Alphabet Inc.’s Google have been linking stories regarding individuals whose identities are under court-ordered publication bans in searches involving their names, the Ottawa...
Recent LTE advances could affect demand for 5G: experts
telecom | 09/08/2017 5:16 pm EDT
Even with an accelerated arrival date for the next generation of wireless...
Verizon streaming deal for NFL game to include Canada
Media | 05/08/2017 10:02 pm EDT
Canadian viewers will get to watch a National Football League (NFL) game that will be played out of London, England, this fall after Verizon Communications Inc. purchased the streaming rights to the game. The one-game...
Verizon planning new online TV service: report
Media | 03/31/2017 8:39 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. is working on delivering an online streaming television package this summer, according to Bloomberg. The report, published Thursday and citing anonymous sources, said the telecommunications...
5G to arrive sooner after standards approval: AT&T
telecom | 03/20/2017 8:56 pm EDT
The rollout of 5G services will come sooner than expected after a wireless standards body agreed to accelerate the process for the deployment of the next-generation technology, according to AT&T Inc. With signatories from 47 global operators and vendors, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) wireless standards body signed off earlier this month on a new proposal to bring 5G services to consumers as early as late next year, the March 14 blog post said. “This means we’ll be able to launch standards-based mobile 5G services to consumers starting as early as late...
Canadian fibre could be up for grabs if Zayo sold: analyst
telecom | 03/02/2017 9:45 pm EST
An American acquisition could create an opening in the Canadian fibre market, according to Desjardins Capital Markets. In a Thursday note, analyst Maher Yaghi highlighted the recent...
Verizon readying 5G field tests in 11 markets
Media | 02/22/2017 5:33 pm EST
Verizon Communications Inc. said Wednesday that it’s ready to test its 5G network, with services to 11 markets expected to start on a trial basis by the summer. In a press release, Verizon said it will pilot...
FCC won’t take action against zero-rating: Pai
Media | 02/03/2017 10:19 pm EST
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday it won’t “focus on denying Americans free data” going forward, as it ended its investigation into zero-rated offerings. New chairman Ajit Pai said in...
Ajit Pai nominated as new FCC chairman
Media | 01/23/2017 10:33 pm EST
Ajit Pai has been picked by the new U.S. president to lead the United States' telecom regulator, Pai announced on Twitter Monday. In a statement, Pai said he looks “forward to working with the new Administration,...
Zero-rated programs from vertically integrated providers may cause harm: FCC report
Media | 01/12/2017 10:00 pm EST
A branch of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it had concerns with the differential pricing practices used by Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. as it...
Another Yahoo breach involved 1 billion accounts: reports
Media | 12/15/2016 4:52 pm EST
Yahoo Inc. has found a new security breach that has compromised more than one billion user accounts, a figure that is double the breach it discovered only a couple of months ago, according to...
FCC dep’t engaging in ‘wild goose chase’ over zero-rating: commissioner
Media | 12/05/2016 10:08 pm EST
A branch of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is engaging in a “wild goose chase” by investigating a pair of companies’ zero-rating offers, according to one commissioner....
‘Too early’ to tell what impact 5G could have on FTTH rollout: Bell CFO
Media | 11/30/2016 12:43 am EST
Glen LeBlanc, BCE Inc.’s executive vice-president and chief financial officer, told an investor’s conference hosted by RBC Tuesday that the company is on track to have its...
Media companies looking to MCNs to reach younger audiences
Media | 11/11/2016 9:17 pm EST
Multi-channel networks (MCNs) have carved out a space in the online video ecosystem in recent years, leading traditional broadcasters to move into MCNs as a relatively low-risk way to reach younger demographics — though there is some question about the ability to monetize such investments. MCNs consist of multiple individual user-created online video “channels” that are amalgamated and managed by a single entity. Those channels were originally on Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, but MCNs then expanded to various social media channels, including Facebook Inc.’s platform. “They...
Yahoo breach could jeopardize sale, Verizon says
Media | 10/14/2016 7:12 pm EDT
The breach of millions of Yahoo Inc. email accounts revealed in late September could affect the acquisition of the company by Verizon Communications Inc., Reuters reported. The news service quoted Verizon...
Privacy commish in contact with Rogers, Yahoo about breach
telecom | 10/06/2016 6:43 pm EDT
The federal privacy commissioner’s office said it has been in touch with Rogers Communications Inc. and Yahoo Inc. regarding the breach of millions of Yahoo email accounts...
Videotron announces testing as 5G gains momentum in Canada
telecom | 09/20/2016 9:46 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron said Tuesday it will begin to test 5G technologies as part of a new project, in a move that appears to be part of an increasing push...
Bell has fastest wireless network again: report
telecom | 08/31/2016 8:51 pm EDT
BCE Inc. owns the country’s fastest mobile speeds for a second consecutive year, helped by partnerships agreements with other companies, according to a report released Wednesday by PCMag.com. With an average of 59.72...
Dan Mead joins TerreStar board
telecom | 08/16/2016 7:16 pm EDT
The former president and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc.’s wireless division has signed on with the board of directors of a Canadian mobile satellite provider. Dan Mead, who recently retired from Verizon, is joining Quebec-based TerreStar Solutions Inc.’s board, the company announced in a Tuesday press release. In addition to a nearly four-decade career at Verizon, Mead is also a former chairman of the board of directors of CTIA-The Wireless Association, the release said. “We are confident that his insights, which were crucial to the astonishing success of Verizon Wireless, will help TerreStar achieve our goal of delivering innovative integrated satellite and terrestrial wireless services in all regions of the country,” Andre Tremblay, TerreStar CEO, said in the release....
Yahoo sells to Verizon
telecom | 07/25/2016 6:25 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. will acquire Yahoo Inc.’s core Internet business, roughly seven months after initial reports hinted at Verizon’s interest in the company. It’s a cash deal worth approximately $4.83 billion US that will see the California-based...
Verizon fined $1.35M US for targeted advertising practices
telecom | 03/08/2016 6:53 pm EST
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Monday it has fined Verizon Communications Inc. $1.35 million US for inserting unique identifier headers (UIDH) without...
Verizon leading 5G tests
telecom | 02/22/2016 4:27 pm EST
Verizon Communications Inc. has partnered with other technology companies for 5G field testing, the U.S. carrier announced Monday. The testing with the so-called 5G Technology Forum partners — including Ericsson AB, Intel Corp., Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Qualcomm Inc. and...
Verizon allows companies to cover data costs for consumer access
Media | 01/19/2016 7:44 pm EST
Verizon Communication Inc. announced Tuesday it is introducing a new sponsored data service, called FreeBee Data, to help businesses drive better consumer engagement without cutting into...
Verizon would consider buying core Yahoo business: report
Media | 12/08/2015 2:48 pm EST
Verizon Communications Inc. would consider buying Yahoo Inc.'s core Internet business, which includes its email, news and sports sites, as well as its advertising technology, according to a report...
Verizon launches $2 US daily roaming in Canada
telecom | 11/12/2015 3:52 pm EST
Verizon Communications Inc. said Thursday it has introduced a new roaming service plan for U.S. subscribers that allows them to use their existing talk, messaging and data plans in Canada and Mexico for an extra $2 US a day. It...
T-Mobile gives users unlimited video from select services
Media | 11/11/2015 3:29 pm EST
T-Mobile US Inc. announced Tuesday it will be launching a new service for its Simple Choice mobile plan customers that allows free video streaming from several services without it cutting into their...
Canada will lag U.S. on mobile video: Huang
Media | 09/21/2015 1:53 pm EDT
Canada will trail the United States in the rollout of mobile-oriented video services for a variety of reasons, Barclays Capital analyst Phillip Huang said in a research note Monday. The comments follow news from earlier this...
Quebecor won’t take mobile service national alone: CFO
Media | 09/16/2015 8:47 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. is not interested in being Canada's fourth national wireless carrier, at least not by itself. That was the message Quebecor chief financial officer Jean-Francois Pruneau gave to a Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce investors' conference held in Montreal Wednesday. While discussing options for using the company's spectrum holdings outside of Quebec, Pruneau said: "Building a new wireless network from scratch in the rest of Canada is not among the options considered." The possibilities he mentioned for what to do with the spectrum included selling it outright or partnering with another carrier to utilize it. "We are continuing our analysis but have the firm belief that the spectrum we hold outside the province of Quebec is of great fundamental...
Google rolls out Android Pay
telecom | 09/11/2015 2:14 pm EDT
Google Inc. announced Thursday on its official Android blog it has launched Android Pay. The blog post said that, after downloading the app onto any NFC-enabled Android device, users can use it for payments at more than a million...
Verizon planning mobile video streaming service: report
Media | 09/08/2015 3:23 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. plans to launch a free ad-supported mobile streaming service, the New York Times reported online Tuesday. The article said the launch would be announced this week, and...
Verizon plans to test 5G next year
Media | 09/08/2015 2:27 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. announced Tuesday it has created a roadmap to begin field trials for 5G wireless technology as early as 2016. The company said in a press release it is partnering with Alcatel-Lucent, Ericson AB,...
CBS to live-stream first regular-season NFL game
Media | 09/02/2015 6:38 pm EDT
CBS Corp.’s sports division said Tuesday that next month it will live-stream a regular-season National Football League game for the first time. The game featured is an Oct. 4 matchup between the New York Jets and Miami...
Digital activists push for free wireless Internet for all
telecom | 07/10/2015 6:50 pm EDT
A movement is underway to make wireless Internet access ubiquitous and free in most urban environments, with people's home routers as the source of these public connections. The people behind this idea have a few specific goals in mind to help their vision become reality: creating a highly secure router that efficiently divides a home's private network from that accessible to the public, and convincing people that using such technology is worth their while. Adi Kamdar, an activist with a San Francisco-based non-profit called the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which started the Open...
Bell says its gigabit service marks ‘major shift’ in telecom
telecom | 06/25/2015 9:14 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is leveraging its fibre-to-the-home network to launch a new gigabit Internet service, making it the first large telecommunications company in Canada to offer such connections. It will launch first in Toronto, where 50,000 homes and businesses will have “first access” to the Gigabit Fibe service this...
Verizon completes purchase of AOL
Media | 06/23/2015 6:31 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. announced Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of AOL Inc. The press release stated that “AOL is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon." Verizon had announced in May that AOL...
Fumbled response to iPhone sealed BlackBerry’s fate: book authors
telecom | 05/25/2015 5:15 pm EDT
The decline of BlackBerry Ltd. as a dominant player in the global smartphone market can be traced largely to its inadequate response to Apple Inc.'s iPhone, say authors of a new book on the subject. Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry was written by Globe and Mail journalists Jacquie McNish...
Verizon buying AOL for $4.4B US
Media | 05/12/2015 2:26 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. is buying AOL Inc. for an estimated $4.4 billion US, Verizon said in a press release Tuesday. AOL will become a subsidiary of Verizon once the deal is completed, it added. Verizon noted AOL’s...
Broadcasters, BDUs at odds over proposed wholesale code
Media | 05/08/2015 8:49 pm EDT
While many broadcasters and TV providers expressed support for the CRTC’s proposed changes to its wholesale code, which governs carriage agreements for TV channels, they took differing positions...
FCC approves open-Internet regulations
telecom | 02/26/2015 10:02 pm EST
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved a set of rules that, among other things, prevents Internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic, or giving priority to content from an affiliate or...
Verizon Wireless head Daniel Mead steps down
telecom | 02/18/2015 6:14 pm EST
Daniel Mead is stepping down as head of Verizon Communications Inc.’s wireless division and will retire following the close of his company’s deal to sell a chunk of its wireline assets to Frontier Communications Corp.,...
U.S. AWS-3 auction raises more than $41B US
Media | 01/30/2015 3:00 pm EST
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s AWS-3 auction ended Thursday, and the regulator announced Friday that it had accepted $41.3 billion US in net bids from 31 bidders for 1,611 spectrum licences. The FCC had...
YouTube to host own Super Bowl halftime show
Media | 01/20/2015 3:29 pm EST
For the first time, Google Inc.’s YouTube streaming service is hosting a live Super Bowl halftime show of its own that will stream during the break of the NFL championship game on Feb. 1. Hosted by Harley Morenstein, Montreal-based creator of the Epic Meal Time web series, the halftime show will be live-streamed on the same Ad Blitz channel on which YouTube hosts its Super Bowl-related content, such as pregame and halftime advertisements from major brands as well as behind-the-scenes footage and other extra content. The company told Bloomberg News that the show will feature music, fake...
T-Mobile ‘un-carrier’ approach unsustainable: owner
telecom | 01/19/2015 7:40 pm EST
Deutsche Telekom AG CEO Tim Hoettges said in an interview published by American technology website Re/Code on Monday that T-Mobile US Inc., of which it is part-owner, needs to change its approach in order to build a sustainable business. “The question is always the economics in the long term … and earning...
Verizon CEO dismisses report about AOL purchase
Media | 01/06/2015 4:08 pm EST
Verizon Communications Inc.'s CEO on Tuesday denied it is interested in purchasing AOL Inc., despite a report suggesting it was exploring this option. Several news agencies reported Lowell McAdam denied such speculation...
CRTC, spectrum auctions among major wireless issues for 2015: analysts
telecom | 12/18/2014 6:01 pm EST
As the new year approaches, Canadian wireless carriers of all sizes await a CRTC decision on domestic roaming that could, in the words of one analyst, “disrupt” the industry with...
FCC begins AWS-3 auction
telecom | 11/13/2014 3:27 pm EST
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s AWS-3 auction began on Thursday. The auction, which has a minimum price of a little more than $10 billion US and is scheduled for a single day, includes 1,614 licences in the 1695 to 1710 MHz, 1755 to 1780 MHz and 2155 to 2180 MHz bands. The 65 MHz...
Mobilicity backers’ lawsuit describes government courting of new entrants
telecom | 09/05/2014 8:14 pm EDT
New details about the government’s push for new-entrant carriers in the 2008 AWS auction were revealed in a lawsuit filed this week against Industry Canada by two of the original investors in Mobilicity, alleging the government department is blocking the sale of the struggling carrier to Telus Corp. out of spite. In the statement of claim filed Thursday, Quadrangle Group LLC seeks $1.2 billion in damages, accusing the government of bad faith in failing to follow through on promises it...
Internet infrastructure approaching limits of capacity
telecom | 08/22/2014 7:49 pm EDT
The size of the Internet is becoming a challenge for the hardware that supports it and there could be some hiccups in service in the coming months as a result, according to experts. Jim Cowie, chief...
Experts disagree on stringency of AWS-3 build-out rules
telecom | 08/14/2014 10:56 pm EDT
While some observers are saying the deployment requirements for the upcoming AWS-3 spectrum auction are the strictest the industry’s ever seen, others say they’re pretty much in line...
Build-out requirements, regulations, keeping Verizon away: analyst
telecom | 08/05/2014 8:08 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. is not likely to enter the Canadian market, Barclay’s analyst Philip Huang said in a Monday research note, referring to a meeting a U.S. Barclay’s analyst had...
One year later, could the wireless wars re-ignite?
telecom | 07/30/2014 9:03 pm EDT
Last summer, a conflict between the federal government and Canada’s three biggest wireless carriers, centering over rules around the 700 MHz spectrum auction and the prospect of a large U.S. carrier entering the Canadian...
Verizon Wireless reward program starts Thurs.
telecom | 07/21/2014 3:27 pm EDT
Verizon Communication Inc.'s wireless unit said Monday that a program that allows customers to earn points for discounts by performing routine functions with their wireless account begins Thursday. Verizon Wireless said in a...
Verizon lets Canadian lobbying registration expire
telecom | 07/04/2014 6:14 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. has let its entry on Canada's federal lobbyists' registry expire. The registration for Verizon, represented by Ottawa lobbyist Peter Burn of Dentons Canada LLP, opened Oct. 22 last year and...
Germany cancels Verizon contract amid spy concerns: report
telecom | 06/27/2014 3:43 pm EDT
The German government has cancelled a contract with U.S. communications giant Verizon Communications Inc. amid worries over spying by the U.S. government, Bloomberg reported Friday. The article said...
Sprint CEO says merger would increase competition: report
telecom | 06/25/2014 4:51 pm EDT
Sprint Corp. CEO Dan Hesse was quoted in an article published on the website CNet Wednesday as saying a merger, such as one between his company and T-Mobile US Inc., would increase wireless...
FCC to examine U.S. Internet traffic management
Media | 06/13/2014 6:28 pm EDT
Tom Wheeler, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, said Friday that his organization is looking into whether Internet service providers are purposely diminishing, for their own benefit, the flow of content from sources such as Netflix Inc. In a statement posted online, Wheeler referred to recent disputes between Netflix and ISPs such as Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. Earlier this month, Netflix and Verizon blamed each other for buffering problems certain viewers may have experienced. In a blog post in March Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said ISPs "are...
Rogers climbs from bottom spot in Netflix speed index
Media | 06/09/2014 7:33 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. climbed out of the bottom ranking among 14 Canadian ISPs measured in latest speed index from Netflix Inc. Rogers had an average speed of 2.52 Mbps, according to Netflix's index for May that was...
Verizon tells Netflix to ‘cease and desist’ on congestion claims
telecom | 06/06/2014 8:47 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday threatened Netflix Inc. with legal action in a cease and desist letter over messages the video-streaming service has shown to viewers that blames Verizon for quality issues experienced by that ISP's customers. “There is no basis for Netflix to assert that issues with...
Verizon says Netflix ‘misleading’ viewers on connection issues
Media | 06/04/2014 7:49 pm EDT
In a blog post on its website Wednesday, Verizon Communications Inc. accused Netflix Inc. of "misleading" consumers about the source of buffering issues that viewers may have experienced. The post from David Young, Verizon's vice-president of regulatory affairs, cited a Twitter posting showing a...
WiFi could help wireless industry, consultant says
telecom | 05/30/2014 5:29 pm EDT
WiFi is not necessarily a friend of mobile carriers, though it could be, according to a Denmark-based industry consultant who’s hosting an international summit on WiFi in mid-June. Wireless service providers are...
Verizon Wireless tracking users’ home Internet usage for ads
telecom | 04/25/2014 4:17 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc.’s so-called relevant mobile advertising program is being expanded to use information about wireless customers’ home Internet habits in order to help its marketing partners target ads to individual users. The U.S. telecom firm’s mobile arm, Verizon Wireless, has a notice on its website about an “enhancement” of that program that will “help marketers reach you with messages that may be more interesting to you. “ Verizon says when customers register on one of its websites, it will create an “anonymous, unique...
Verizon numbers up on wireless growth
telecom | 04/24/2014 3:05 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. said earnings and revenue were up in the first quarter largely on strength from the wireless side of the business. The company’s financial figures released Thursday showed revenue was up 4.8 per...
Former BlackBerry boss ranked third-highest paid wireless exec
telecom | 04/16/2014 7:44 pm EDT
Former BlackBerry Ltd. CEO Thorsten Heins was the third-highest paid executive in 2013 among wireless companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, according to the website FierceWireless. Based on...
Industry Canada lobbied AT&T, too
telecom | 03/17/2014 2:50 pm EDT
It will go down in history as the great telecom lobby of 2013. BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. lobbied Industry Canada to change the spectrum auction rules favouring a foreign entrant, while Industry Canada...
T-Mobile exec praises Canadian spectrum auction
telecom | 03/06/2014 7:00 pm EST
T-Mobile US Inc.’s vice-president of federal regulatory affairs is holding up Canada’s auction of 700 MHz spectrum as an example of how limiting bidding by bigger wireless players can still result in successful financial results for government. In a Feb. 28 blog, Kathleen Ham praised a rule in the Canadian spectrum auction —...
Verizon to buy Intel’s cloud-TV division
Media | 01/21/2014 7:12 pm EST
Verizon Communications Inc. said Tuesday it has reached a deal to purchase Intel Corp.’s Intel Media division, which is focused on developing cloud-television products and services. Terms of the transaction were not...
Verizon earnings rise, wireless growth outpaces other operations
telecom | 01/21/2014 4:21 pm EST
Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday reported higher fourth-quarter earnings as revenue in its wireless business rose faster than its other operations, which also include Internet, television and...
Incumbents’ campaign against government called ‘unmitigated failure’
telecom | 01/20/2014 4:47 pm EST
Industry Canada’s long-awaited auction for the coveted 700 MHz wireless spectrum got underway Jan. 14, but the most interesting story may have played out over the summer in a high-stakes public relations and lobbying fight whose outcome and consequences are still being dissected. Although...
Fibre-to-the-home rollout ramps up in Canada
telecom | 01/15/2014 6:41 pm EST
The average Canadian is currently less likely to have access to the fast Internet speeds offered by fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology than the average American, but Canada is catching up. The companies building FTTH networks in...
U.S. net neutrality rules struck down
telecom | 01/14/2014 6:37 pm EST
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday struck down Federal Communications Commission rules that require Internet service providers to treat similar traffic equally in its transmission. The decision also throws out a regulation that prevented ISPs from outright blocking some Internet content, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The court found that the FCC does not have the authority to regulate the way ISPs regulate net traffic because the Internet is not classified as telecommunications like traditional phone service. The report said the ruling opens the...
Verizon CEO says unlimited data ‘has to go away’
telecom | 01/08/2014 10:10 pm EST
Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon Communications Inc., said wireless carriers will have to stop offering unlimited data. Speaking at the Citi 2014 Internet, Media & Telecommunications Conference in Las Vegas Tuesday, McAdam said...
Analysts split on Verizon-Vodafone talks’ impact on Canadian market
telecom | 08/29/2013 5:16 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. has resumed talks with Vodafone Group Plc to acquire a full stake in the companies’ joint wireless company in a move that industry analysts said could either assist...
Verizon benefits from ‘unintended consequences’ of auction rules: Bibic
telecom | 06/28/2013 8:47 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. could buy twice as much spectrum at a lower price than Canada’s wireless incumbent carriers if it enters next year’s 700 MHz spectrum auction, said Mirko Bibic, BCE Inc.’s executive vice-president and chief legal and regulatory officer. Bibic said in an interview with BNN...
‘Very realistic’ Verizon entry a ‘game changer,’ analysts say
telecom | 06/27/2013 7:34 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. is waiting to see Industry Canada’s new rules for spectrum licence transfers and is seeking clarification on the department’s rules for the upcoming 700 MHz...
Verizon would lack towers, backhaul, ‘quad play,’ Rogers says
telecom | 06/26/2013 9:08 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc.'s entry into the Canadian wireless market would be disadvantaged by a lack of towers, backhaul and a “quad play” offering, said Anthony Staffieri, executive vice-president and chief financial officer at Rogers Communications Inc. “When we run our models, we really find it hard to believe that a fourth facilities-based carrier, that there’s room to have a fourth having adequate returns, especially for a carrier that doesn’t have backhaul services in Canada,” Staffieri said Wednesday during a webcast of the TD Securities Telecom & Media Forum conference in Toronto. “[W]e just look at the economics and we...
Shammo: Verizon ‘dipping its toe’ in Canadian waters
telecom | 06/18/2013 8:55 pm EDT
Verizon Communications Inc. is “looking at the opportunity” of entering the Canadian wireless market, Fran Shammo, the company’s chief financial officer, told the Wall Street Journal. “We’re looking at the opportunity,” Shammo told WSJ in an interview Tuesday. “This is just us...