The price of data is coming down and the size of data packages is going up, all thanks to market pressure introduced by Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile wireless brand, according to Shaw.
The wireless brand, Shaw CEO Brad Shaw said Thursday in a third quarter...
Shaw Communications Inc. has confirmed that the data of some 15,000 customers was left exposed on the internet, though the company says there is no evidence any of it was misused.
The data breach was discovered when two cybersecurity researchers contacted Shaw to inform...
Shaw Communications Inc. says its wireless business has reaped the fruits...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s wireless division is stirring the piping hot industry pot once again, as it...
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...
On the heels of record wireless subscriber growth in its second quarter,...
Innovation Canada has released its framework for the 600 MHz spectrum auction, now scheduled for March 2019, and it will set aside 43 per cent of spectrum for “regional competitors and potential new market entrants,” according to a Wednesday release. Since the government had previously introduced its plan for the spectrum last year, analysts were not surprised by the move — which they said would mainly benefit Shaw Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. Details like the auction structure, timing and opening bids, as well as conditions on transferability, licence terms and deployment...
The CRTC decision Thursday not to mandate roaming for WiFi-first mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) brings predictability for large telecoms, financial analysts said. “At the highest level,...
Rogers Communications Inc.’s systems had a technical glitch that...
The past performance of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron could be key to...
BCE Inc’s move to open a low-cost, prepaid carrier is “well-timed” and positioned to support the...
Joe Natale isn’t worried about Shaw Communications Inc.’s move to offer its Freedom customers 10...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has announced a new set of...
Apple Inc.’s new iPhone X, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, announced Tuesday, are compatible with spectrum bands...
Telus Corp. has the fastest national wireless network in Canada, according to PCMag.com’s annual...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile says that its decision not to pay some traffic termination charges to Iristel Inc. is based on “suspicious patterns”...
The former CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., Guy Laurence, has been elected to the supervisory board...
Shaw Communications Inc. announced Tuesday that it has purchased 700MHz and 2500MHz spectrum from Quebecor Inc. for $430 million, in what Shaw described as “a significant milestone towards...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has expanded its LTE network into Calgary and Edmonton, the company announced Wednesday. “The launch of our powerful new LTE network furthers our commitment to providing Freedom...
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...
BCE Inc., Telus Corp., and Rogers Communications Inc. believe the conditions supporting the wireless growth they have seen in recent quarters will stay in place in 2017, according to a research note from Desjardins Capital Markets analyst Maher Yaghi. He said that the two-day Industrials, Telecom & Consumer Conference Desjardins held earlier this week “heard from the three incumbent wireless providers that the underlying reasons for the current growth in...
Technologies identified by the CRTC as potential tools to combat spoofed and nuisance calls have promise, but barriers to their deployment mean they’re not likely to be put in place any time...
The CRTC has released aggregate data that shows wireless service providers earned $37.7 million in revenue by unlocking phones last year. That’s up from $28.5 million in 2015 and $21.6 million...
Nearly 85 per cent of Canadians believe approval for additional costs in family phone plans should be made by those who pay the bills, not those who use the phone, according to a survey commissioned...
In a departure from the positions of its fellow wireless providers, Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile suggested Wednesday the CRTC should forbid carriers from charging...
GATINEAU, Que. — There are unique considerations for wireless carriers when contemplating the switch to next-generation 911 (NG911) services, a CRTC panel was told on the penultimate day of a...
Shaw Communications Inc. is allowing customers of its Freedom Mobile to connect to its network of Wi-Fi hotspots. Freedom Mobile subscribers will have access to more than 65,000 hot spots in Western Canada, Shaw said in a...
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...