The federal government’s meddling in the wireless market over the past seven years and its focus on bringing a fourth carrier into every region has failed to bring about meaningful competition, according to a new study from the Montreal Economic Institute. The report’s authors, Martin Masse and Paul Beaudry, wrote that, in trying to promote competition, Industry Canada and the CRTC have ignored market realities and “lost sight of the ultimate goal of promoting the development of a dynamic, efficient industry.” Beaudry and Masse said in their report, released Tuesday,...
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. said Thursday it will expand its fibre-to-the-home network to Oakbank, Man., about 30 kilometres east of downtown Winnipeg, later this year. Expanding its MTS FiON network will give residents of Oakbank access this its Ultimate TV service and “ultra fast” Internet service with download speeds of up to 250 Mbps, the company said in a press release. Since 2010 MTS has brought fibre-to-the-home to parts of Winnipeg and Brandon, as well as 12 smaller communities in Manitoba, the company said....
Telus Corp. and Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. have fulfilled their regulatory obligations by adding the Sun News Network to their TV-service channel lineups. In December, the CRTC said news channels Sun News and Le Canal...
Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it is teaming with a number of partners to build what it called “the world’s largest global Intercloud,” which is a network of clouds. Among the...
Consumers and businesses alike have been storing increasing amounts of data in the cloud in recent years, a movement that has precipitated the building of a growing number of secure, air-conditioned, server-filled...
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. said it will be launching a 4G HSPA+ mobile network in six rural Manitoba communities this year, giving around 4,000 residents wireless speeds that are up to five times faster than their current CDMA...
A compilation of 2013 year-end data from Canada’s major telecommunications companies verifies suspicions that it was the first year on record in which TV subscriptions in Canada declined. A compilation by The Wire Report of subscriber figures from Canada’s eight largest publicly traded communications companies, based on financial filings for their 2013 fiscal years, also shows a gradual decline over the last three years in the growth in subscribers for wireless and Internet services, although those markets still showed a net gain in customers. Major telecom companies lost almost...
The CRTC not only has the right to implement its consumer-friendly wireless code, but its powers extend to the so-far-unused ability to determine prices within the wireless industry, the commission said in a response filed...
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. released on Thursday lower earnings and revenue for both the fourth quarter and 2013 as a whole. The company’s press release indicated quarterly net earnings fell to $16.2 million from $29.5...
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.’s Allstream unit said Tuesday it will establish a new technical support centre in Montreal. Allstream, a national provider of business communications services, said the expansion is meant to...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday ruled in favour of a previous lower court ruling that directed Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. to pay $43 million into an employee pension plan, plus interest that’s expected to more than triple that amount. The issue stems back to 1997 when MTS was privatized and about 7,000 employees and retirees had their...
The CRTC lacks the statutory authority to interfere with wireless carriers’ “vested rights” by applying its wireless code of conduct to pre-existing contracts, some of Canada’s largest wireless providers said. In a Federal Court of Appeal challenge launched in July, mobile...
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.’s Allstream unit said Wednesday that its national fibre-optic IP network is now hooked up to more than 3,000 buildings. Allstream, which provides communications...
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. is building a $50-million data centre, the company said Wednesday. MTS said it expects the facility, which is designed for multiple businesses, to open in 2015. “Our business customers are increasingly using cloud computing to store and process ever-expanding...
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. is removing the “for sale” sign from its Allstream division following the Conservative government's decision to block its sale...