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Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobs

| 02/21/2025 4:09 pm EST

Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobsRogers Communications Inc. is laying off a number of its customer service workers.  Company spokesperson Zac Carreiro told The Wire Report in an emailed statement that the...

Growth in telecom to lag behind economy: Conference Board

Media | 02/03/2016 10:48 pm EST

According to the Conference Board of Canada, high debt levels and weak job prospects will make it difficult for Canadians to increase spending on telecom services in 2016, limiting industry growth. A new report said the"industry’s pace of growth has slowed remarkably in recent years, from an increase of more than [four] per cent in 2010 to a mere 0.4 per cent” the Conference Board forecasts for 2015. That’s due to a decline in landline usage, disruption in the broadcast distribution sector and maturation in the wireless sector, given that 95 per cent of Canadians...