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Bell set to launch wireless TTC service ‘in the coming weeks’
A TTC subway passenger uses their mobile phone while heading north on the Yonge line on Aug 21, 2023. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Rogers executive Robert Dépatie to retire at the end of the year
FILE PHOTO: The Rogers Building, the green-topped corporate campus of Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications is seen in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 9, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo/File Photo
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Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile purchase pushes it to big earnings gains
Quebecor headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Quebecor Inc. says its purchase of Freedom Mobile drove a big boost in earnings last quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Taylor Swift’s T.O. stops create opportunities, risks for brands tied to show: marketers
Taylor Swift performs at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday, July 28, 2023. One Taylor Swift fan says that if she is not able to secure a ticket to any of the superstar's tour dates in Toronto, she'll stand outside the venue all six nights anyway.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP
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Xplore to offer faster rural satellite internet after Jupiter 3 launch
In a time exposure, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, July 26, 2023. The rocket carried the Jupiter 3 satellite to orbit for EchoStar. Canadian rural internet provider Xplore Inc. says it will offer high-speed internet to those in remote locations this fall following Friday's launch of the Jupiter 3 satellite to space.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP- Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP
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TTC report mum on rival access as Rogers eyes 5G upgrades to downtown subway by fall
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. A new TTC report says Rogers will look to upgrade parts of the downtown subway network with 5G cell access by this fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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TTC documents suggest Rogers would use consortium model for wireless network build
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Documents suggest Rogers Communications Inc. intended to build out the TTC's wireless network with its rival carriers under a consortium model when it purchased the Canadian operations of BAI Communications in April.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Xplore in battle to retain its rural internet foothold
Ryan Christianson, who recently switched internet service from Xplore Inc., formerly Xplornet, to Starlink, Elon Musk’s internet venture, and his son Carter sit for a photograph at this farm near Wadena, SK, June 23, 2023. Photo Liam Richards for the Globe and Mail
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Bell cutting 1,300 positions, closing or selling nine radio stations amid declining revenues
Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. BCE Inc. is cutting 1,300 positions, around three per cent of its workforce, and closing or selling nine radio stations as the company plans to “significantly adapt” how it delivers the news. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Mobile carriers urged to improve accessible phone plans for deaf and blind Canadians
Lisa Anderson, who is deaf, communicates with American Sign Language (ASL) with her friend Leanor Vlug while on a video call on her iPhone, in Burnaby, B.C., on Friday, May 19, 2023. There's a sense of worry that creeps up on Anderson every time her phone alerts her she is near the end of her monthly data limit. For her each megabyte of data is more crucial than it would be for the average hearing person who doesn't rely on video calling applications for every mobile conversation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Telus offering buyouts after investing in customer service tech, self-serve options
The Telus Corporation logo is seen on the outside of the company's headquarters in downtown Vancouver, on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Telus says it's offering buyouts to a large group of employees and anticipates several hundred workers will take them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Industry Minister Champagne vows to take action if telecoms don’t reach deal for TTC cell service
Canada's industry minister is vowing to take action if Canada's major telecom providers don't reach an agreement to ensure wireless service is available for all riders on Toronto's subway. Champagne rises during Question Period, Monday, April 24, 2023 in Ottawa.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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TTC rejects Bell’s proposal for joint-build wireless cellphone network
Riders take a subway train on the Toronto Transit Commission station in downtown Toronto, Saturday, April 1, 2023. Canada's industry minister is calling on the country's biggest telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto's subway system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Corus Entertainment reports $15.5-million second-quarter loss, revenue down from year ago
The new Corus logo at Corus Quay in Toronto is photographed on Friday, June 22, 2018. Corus Entertainment Inc. reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as its revenue also moved lower. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Bell files suit over alleged theft of copper from telecom networks
The Bell Canada logo is seen Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Montreal. Bell Communications Inc. is facing a human rights complaint over allegations that it's failing to provide full service to its blind customers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Rogers will work with rival companies to provide TTC cell service, CEO says
Tony Staffieri, president and CEO of Rogers Communications attends an event in Vancouver on Monday, October 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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What to know about the TTC’s upcoming Rogers cellphone network
Riders take a subway train on the Toronto Transit Commission station in downtown Toronto, Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023. Rogers and BAI Communications reached a deal Monday that will see the telecommunications giant acquire the exclusive rights to build the TTC’s wireless network. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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U.S. begins study of possible rules to regulate AI like ChatGPT
FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Rogers CEO Staffieri to tackle integration, debt now that $20-billion Shaw deal is closed
Tony Staffieri, CEO of Rogers, poses for a portrait out front of Rogers' Toronto head office on Friday October 21 2022.
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Competition law experts urge Ottawa to allow foreign ownership of telecoms to bring down prices
People in downtown Toronto using their mobile phones, are photographed on Jan 23 2020.
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Emergency alerts issued about problems with 911 systems in the Maritimes
A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Rogers faces doubt over Shaw deal as closing date approaches
FILE PHOTO: Ethernet cables are seen in front of Rogers and Shaw Communications logos in this illustration taken, July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustrations/File Photo
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Alan Horn, Rogers director who played key role at company, dies
A Rogers Communications Inc. logo outside the Rogers Building in Toronto on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Decision on Rogers-Shaw takeover to come after clarity in legal battle, says Minister Champagne
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Tribunal rejects competition challenge to Rogers takeover of Shaw, paving way for approval
A woman holds two cellphones in this photo illustration in Chelsea, Que., Monday March 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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As last remaining large wholesaler, TekSavvy faces tough market conditions
Andy Kaplan-Myrth, lawyer at TekSavvy, in Gatineau, Quebec December 22, 2022. Photograph by Blair Gable
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Quebecor reports increase in third-quarter profit even as revenue slips
Quebecor headquarters are shown during the company's annual general meeting in Montreal, Thursday, May 12, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Rogers, Shaw slammed by competition commissioner over ‘fishing expedition’ with Telus subpoenas
A woman walks in front of the Telus head office is shown in Toronto on Thursday, February 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Quebec businessman and philanthropist André Chagnon, founder of Vidéotron, dead at 94
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Telus CEO says it’s time for Ottawa to relax foreign-ownership rules for large telecoms. He’s right
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Bell’s deal to buy critic Distributel signals incumbents will dominate telecom
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Rogers creditors say they want revision of proposed $9-billion bond term changes
FILE PHOTO: The Rogers Building, the green-topped corporate campus of Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications is seen in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 9, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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BCE says its network structure prevents complete outages
The Bell Canada head office is seen on Nun's Island, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, in Montreal. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is imposing $7.5 million in penalties on Bell Canada, owned by BCE Inc., for violations of the Telecommunications Act.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz