Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Shaw wins Internet deal with city of Winnipeg Cableco will create VPLS domains for the city's business units as part of a 42-site network. And that's just the start of Shaw's plans to get more government business
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Cisco bridges Wi-Fi, cellular nets Hotspot equipment, which will be part of Shaw's municipal Wi-Fi network in Western Canada, will help operators deal with network congestion
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Shaw starts Wi-Fi trial in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton Initial test will have a small number of access points, but the carrier promises that in the spring there will be thousands of locations
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
CRTC opts for capacity-based billing for ISPs Many independent ISPs are uncertain what the effect of the ruling will be on the prices they will charge residential and business customers
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Central London to have free Wi-Fi So far it's only a trial, but it could become permanent in time for the Summer Olympics and give sponsor Nokia some free publicity
Friday, September 02, 2011
I don't care, I'm buying a TouchPad THIS WEEK VIDEO PLAYLIST Shaw opts for Wi-Fi over AWS, a new concept that connects Ford to the cloud, and can Rafael talk Dave out of buying a discontinued tablet?
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Mobilicity, Wind split on Shaw’s Wi-Fi move Mobilicity CEO Dave Dobbin calls Shaw's plans a "brilliant" move, while Wind Mobile chairman Anthony Lacavera doesn’t understand it. Find out more
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Shaw turns back on cellular for now Cable operator says it will get into wireless by building local Wi-Fi networks in the West instead of spending $1 billion on cellular
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
CRTC offered few compromises at rates hearing Bell and a consortium of ISPs held to their positions at a hearing on setting wholesale rates for independent Internet providers
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
World IPv6 Day starts without Bell As dozens of Canadian organizations offer Web sites for testing their IPv6 readiness, one of the country's biggest service providers isn't with them
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Cablecos lose decision before CRTC Regulator says cable companies have to offer static IP address services to independent Internet providers, just as phone companies do. One ISP group says the decision could mean more providers turn to cable companies for broadband
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Telus first to announce LTE service in Canada Carrier says zippy data service will start next year offering download speeds under ideal conditions of up to 150 Mbps 
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Liberal platform highlights digital technologies ELECTION 2011: ICT industries will be one of three areas of focus if the Grits take power, according to the digital strategy. One of the quickest areas they’ll move on, says a spokesperson, is setting the rules for the next spectrum auction
Friday, March 25, 2011
Three telecom issues stranded by government defeat ELECTION 2011: With the dismissal of Parliament a trio of important matters has been abandoned. Here's a primer on why they may be raised during the campaign 
Friday, March 18, 2011
ISPs gain from CRTC ruling on switching providers Upcoming rule change will make it easier for subscribers to switch service providers, giving ISPs an equal chance in the hot communications market
Friday, March 11, 2011
CRTC sets July date for another UBB hearing Telecommunications carriers and Internet providers will slug out their differences over wholesale billing publicly this summer when the federal telecommunications regulator holds another public hearing
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Incumbents fire back at UBB critics Mirko Bibic maintains that only one to two per cent of Canadian users would be affected by the imposition of Bell's metered Internet service on independent ISPs. The UBB saga continues
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Lobbying starts on 700 MHz spectrum auction Wireless carriers have until Feb. 28 to push Ottawa on the framework for the next wireless auction. One executive was quick to say new entrants don't need the protection they got in 2008
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Carriers fire broadsides at CRTC hearing Rural service proposals are dismissed as “unadulterated nonsense,” “ludicrous” and “beyond outrageous”
Monday, November 01, 2010
Cablecos suggest 5 Mbps broadband target for nation Goal could be reached within five years, says proposal to public hearing. But the cable companies insist it not be a mandatory objective set by the telecom regulator
Friday, October 29, 2010
RIM, SaskTel focus on customers with analytics Canadian users discuss the challenged of analytics at the SAS Premier Business Leadership Series. The opportunities for "the dog that doesn't bark"
Friday, October 22, 2010
Shaw gets new CEO, stays mum on wireless plans CEO Jim Shaw will step down as the head of the Calgary-based cable giant, making way for his younger brother Bradley Shaw. But neither brother had any specifics on the company’s future wireless network plans
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
U.S. launches next-gen wireless; where's Canada? Now that MetroPCS has launched LTE service in Las Vegas, what's holding up Canadians? No network congestion and Industry Canada
Friday, July 02, 2010
Shaw chooses NSN for new wireless network Another big win for the telecom equipment maker, which will be an end-to end supplier of gear to the cableco’s new wireless service. Meanwhile, Rogers adds another brand
Monday, June 14, 2010
Competition squeezing telecom profits: Report The Conference Board says prices will only go up marginally as competition increases. Read why an industry analyst believes that if board looked deeper it would have found ‘the carriers are going to weather this tempest pretty well’