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High spectrum costs are the villain in cellular prices, Big 3 tell INDU
telecom | 03/18/2024 3:52 pm EDT
The presidents of the Big Three telecoms told the House of Commons Industry Committee that it is the government which is one of the biggest offenders in wireless prices....
Telus Health buys LifeWorks in $2.3B deal, analysts upbeat
telecom | 06/16/2022 4:02 pm EDT
Telus Corp. announced Thursday it is purchasing digital health company LifeWorks Inc. for approximately $2.3 billion.
That works out to $33 per share. The acquisition will be merged into the telecom’s health division.
“Customers will benefit from our team’s...
Rogers-Shaw CRTC hearing now has ‘extra element of intrigue’: analyst
Media | 11/17/2021 11:49 am EST
The Tuesday night announcement of the departure of Rogers Communications...
War of words between Cogeco and Rogers heats up
telecom | 09/16/2020 6:53 pm EDT
In a Wednesday afternoon press release, the board of directors for Cogeco Inc. accused the CEOs of both...
Bell bringing cabinet’s wholesale appeal response to Federal Court
telecom | 08/17/2020 7:56 pm EDT
Lawyers representing BCE Inc. have asked a Federal Court of Appeal judge to...
Telus International to go public after $1.3B acquisition
telecom | 12/05/2019 2:04 pm EST
Telus Corp.’s outsourcing and call centre operation Telus International...
Telus purchase of Canadian ADT business a good move: analysts
telecom | 10/01/2019 2:32 pm EDT
Telus Corp.’s announcement that it is buying ADT Security Services Canada, the Canadian arm of the U.S. home security services company, for $700 million is a wise move that will position Telus for expansion in the area of home connectivity and the Internet of Things, according to analyst notes released Tuesday following the announcement. The company will also gain access to ADT’s 500,000 customers in Canada, and can be incorporated into Telus’s existing services, the analysts wrote. “Security and automation clearly represent areas that can be monetized as part of a bundle for...
Investors too focused on Rogers wireless division: analyst
telecom | 09/20/2019 4:59 pm EDT
Investors are overly preoccupied with the wireless divisions of telecom companies, and as such have been overly punitive toward Rogers Communications Inc. this summer, according to a look in on the...
Eric Ellenbogen in as DHX CEO
Media | 08/30/2019 2:54 pm EDT
DHX Media Ltd. announced Thursday night that Michael Donovan would step down as CEO of the Halifax-based...
Bell to buy French-language conventional TV network
Media | 07/24/2019 3:10 pm EDT
BCE Inc. will purchase Groupe V Media Inc.’s conventional TV network V, Bell said in a press release Wednesday. The deal, which must still be approved by the CRTC, also includes “related digital assets including the...
Rogers’ no-overage plan about data use, churn, 5G: analyst
telecom | 06/21/2019 4:32 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s reasons for launching a no-overage-fee...
5G a race between countries, not carriers: Rogers’ Natale
Media | 04/18/2019 6:16 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale emphasized the $1.7 billion the...
Analysts surprised by Bell’s lack of 600 MHz, incumbent spend
telecom | 04/11/2019 5:57 pm EDT
BCE Inc. walking away from the 600 MHz spectrum auction with no licences,...
Cogeco selling Peer 1 data centre business for $720M
telecom | 02/27/2019 3:29 pm EST
Cogeco Communications Inc. says it’s inked a deal to sell its Cogeco Peer 1 cloud services business for $720 million. The data centre business is being sold to affiliates of the Los Angeles-based investment firm Digital...
Odds of Huawei ban have increased in recent months: analyst
telecom | 02/05/2019 4:26 pm EST
The likelihood Canada will ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment from...
Stingray shelves Music Choice buy, citing price ‘disagreement’
Media | 01/03/2019 4:12 pm EST
Stingray Group Inc. said it is aborting its previously announced unsolicited bid to purchase Pennsylvania-based music company Music Choice, spelling the end of its third...
Videotron selling data centre business
telecom | 12/19/2018 1:01 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is selling its data centre business, 4Degrees Colocation, for $259 million, with the proceeds likely going to fund future spectrum purchases, analysts say. The telecom announced Tuesday that it...
Corus lost $2.3M in unspent CMF money from failed French channels deal
Media | 12/10/2018 10:14 am EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. had $2.3 million in Canada Media Fund (CMF) money...
Bell could see $100M benefit from fed tax plan in 2019: analyst
telecom | 11/29/2018 2:21 pm EST
The federal government’s recently-tabled tax strategy allowing telecoms...
Videotron losing its CEO as Brouillette announces departure
telecom | 10/16/2018 12:42 pm EDT
Manon Brouillette, who has been at the helm of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron for the past five years, is leaving the company in what National Bank...
Stingray offers $120M for Music Choice
telecom | 08/03/2018 2:00 pm EDT
Stingray Digital Group Inc. is turning from fighting Pennsylvania-based Music Choice to offering to buy the company for $120 million US.
Stingray said in a press release Friday it made “an unsolicited offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding units of Music...
Historia, Series+ sale blocked in surprise move
Media | 05/28/2018 5:51 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has blocked the $200 million sale of the Historia and Series+ channels from Corus...
CraveTV price increases to help make up for advertising pressure: analyst
Media | 05/25/2018 3:53 pm EDT
Increasing prices for BCE Inc.’s CraveTV will help improve the...
Videotron says cord-cutting stable, eying IPTV to grow TV ARPU
Media | 05/09/2018 1:37 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron said it won’t force the migration of its...
Exec shakeups at DHX continue
Media | 04/18/2018 5:05 pm EDT
DHX Media Inc. has appointed a new president, chief operating officer (COO) and created the new position...
Low-cost data plans ‘superior alternative’ to WiFi-first MVNOs: Scott
telecom | 03/22/2018 4:23 pm EDT
Having facilities-based carriers offer low-cost data-only plans is a better way to fulfill the government’s goals of more affordable wireless options for consumers than mandating roaming access by...
DHX’s CEO, CFO departures no surprise: analyst
Media | 02/26/2018 12:22 pm EST
Both Dana Landry, DHX Media Ltd.’s CEO, and CFO Keith Abriel are leaving the company, DHX said in a...
Corus focuses on content over broadcast with Historia, Séries+ sale
Media | 10/18/2017 6:16 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Tuesday it is selling two...
Videotron latest to announce X1-based IPTV
Media | 08/29/2017 5:00 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron will launch its IPTV service using the X1 platform from Comcast Corp., the...
Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division
Media | 07/20/2017 5:16 pm EDT
Joe Natale, president and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., reiterated his focus on the customer experience after the release of the company’s second-quarter earnings Thursday, suggesting it will be part of a formula that can help drive its postpaid wireless churn rate...
AWS-1 sale unlikely to set precedent for 700MHz: Canaccord
telecom | 06/12/2017 1:53 pm EDT
The sale last week of Videotron’s AWS-1 spectrum by Quebecor Inc. to Rogers Communications Inc. isn’t likely to have implications for the company’s 700MHz spectrum, according to Canaccord...
Telecoms to compete on service after zero-rating decision: analysts
Media | 04/21/2017 4:11 pm EDT
The CRTC’s decision Thursday to ban most forms of zero-rating means telecoms will have to rely on service in order to stand out from the competition, analysts said. The...
Shaw promises more integration with Freedom under new COO
telecom | 04/12/2017 9:10 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. said Wednesday that its Freedom Mobile division will have a new chief operating officer, as Paul McAleese takes over from Alek Krstajic. CEO Brad Shaw...
Péladeau’s return to Quebecor shouldn’t affect business: analysts
Media | 02/16/2017 10:20 pm EST
The man who led Quebecor Inc. for 14 years but left to join provincial politics will return as head of the company Thursday, though despite the change in leadership, analysts expect...
Rogers killing of in-house IPTV good move in long term, analysts say
Media | 12/16/2016 8:33 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. has abandoned the development of its own IPTV platform and will instead launch an IPTV service using a platform from Comcast Corp., a plan analysts said Friday would benefit BCE Inc. in the short term but is a good decision for Rogers down the road. The company announced on Friday a partnership with Comcast that will see it deploy the United States cableco’s “X1 IP-based video platform” in early 2018. The change in...
Limited handsets a concern as Wind rebrands: analyst
Media | 11/21/2016 9:41 pm EST
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Wind Mobile will be rebranded as Freedom Mobile and its LTE roll-out will come sooner than expected in two cities, the company’s CEO said Monday. The move comes despite some analyst...
Experts say approval of Bell’s MTS acquisition likely
telecom | 05/02/2016 2:12 pm EDT
BCE Inc. announced Monday morning that it will purchase Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. in a $3.9 billion transaction that, if approved, will see the number of players in Manitoba’s telecom...
CRTC expected to approve Bell-Astral: Shine
Media | 06/26/2013 8:30 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has “pretty much done all it could do to appease” CRTC concerns about the company’s proposed $3.38-billion purchase of Astral Media Inc. and should receive regulatory approval this week, National Bank Financial analyst Adam Shine said. In a research note released Tuesday, Shine said the CRTC could require further...