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On Rogers-Shaw, focus shifts to network sharing agreements
Media | 05/25/2022 6:12 pm EDT
As the Competition Bureau takes Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to the Competition Tribunal to block the merger of the companies, conversation on what will be required to get the deal done has shifted to whether or not a network sharing agreement is a...
Rogers still expects Shaw deal to close in Q2
Media | 03/08/2022 5:44 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri has said that last week's announcement from Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, in which he said he would not allow the 'wholesale' transfer of Shaw Communications Inc.'s spectrum assets to Rogers as part of the...
Canadian wireless sub adds down slightly from 2018
telecom | 04/07/2020 4:39 pm EDT
Canada’s publicly-traded wireless service providers added just under 1.29 million wireless subscribers...
Unlimited plans ‘premature,’ will hurt ARPU: Bell CFO
telecom | 09/25/2019 5:43 pm EDT
For BCE Inc. the industry-wide lurch toward unlimited data plans in the...
‘Real’ 5G coming in 2020: Telus CFO
telecom | 03/20/2019 6:17 pm EDT
Parts of Canada will see “real 5G,” as opposed to just trials, by late 2020, Telus Corp.’s chief financial officer Doug French told an investors’ conference Wednesday. That will only be possible after the conclusion...
Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018
telecom | 03/13/2019 12:20 pm EDT
Canada’s publicly traded telecom companies added more than one million...
Huawei ban wouldn’t delay BCE’s 5G rollout: Cope
telecom | 02/07/2019 10:19 am EST
The head of BCE Inc. says he doesn’t expect that a ban on Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s equipment from Canada’s 5G networks would hamper or delay Bell’s 5G rollout.
President and CEO George Cope moved to reassure investors and analysts on a Thursday earnings call...
Telecom execs praise ‘healthier,’ ‘balanced’ regulatory environment
telecom | 09/26/2018 5:51 pm EDT
Representatives from BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. described a favourable relationship with regulators at a CIBC investors conference Wednesday, where they also addressed competition between...
No slow-down for increases in data usage: telecoms
telecom | 03/23/2018 5:18 pm EDT
Executives from Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. don’t see demand for wireless data slowing down, they told an investors conference earlier this week. “We’re still seeing significant data growth in the wireless...
Bell’s low-cost Lucky Mobile a hit with government
telecom | 12/01/2017 5:26 pm EST
BCE Inc’s move to open a low-cost, prepaid carrier is “well-timed” and positioned to support the...
Bell mulling advantages in prepaid wireless segment: CFO
telecom | 11/16/2017 4:35 pm EST
When it comes to the wireless industry’s torrid run of late, much of the...
Bell accelerates FTTH deployment with $854M plan for Montreal
telecom | 03/27/2017 8:45 pm EDT
MONTREAL — BCE Inc. will invest $854 million to bring fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) to all of Montreal’s homes and businesses within five years, the company said Monday....
Bell-MTS acquisition completed
telecom | 03/17/2017 4:12 pm EDT
The purchase of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. by BCE Inc. has officially closed, Bell said in a press release Friday. “Uniting the local and national strengths of MTS and Bell Canada, the new Bell MTS...
‘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...
Data consumption, competitive pressures headline investor conference
Media | 09/21/2016 9:17 pm EDT
Canada’s biggest telcos told investors Wednesday that they are seeing growth in wireless data usage on the first of a two-day conference hosted by CIBC World Markets. BCE Inc....