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Hybrid work brings cybersecurity risks for advisors – here’s how to tackle the pitfalls
Remote working from home. Freelancer workplace in kitchen with laptop, cup of coffee, spectacles. Concept of distance learning, isolation, female business, shopping online. Close up of woman hands.
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Canadian spectrum auction raises $8.9-billion as telecoms grow 5G wireless services
A cell tower is pictured in rural Ontario on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. More airwaves are being set aside for 5G cellular technology, as the Canadian government says it will auction off a repurposed wireless spectrum band. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s telecom regulator to force national carriers to sell access to regional rivals who commit to building own networks
A man wearing a protective face mask to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 checks his phone as the sun sets in English Bay in Vancouver on April 5, 2021. Canada's existing mobile phone services and consumer groups will get a landmark ruling from the CRTC this afternoon. The regulatory ruling could shift some of the market power held by Rogers, Bell and Telus, which collectively have more than 90 per cent of the country's subscribers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Shaw Communications second-quarter profit and revenue rose as it added new wireless customers
FILE PHOTO: The Shaw Communications logo is seen at their office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo/File Photo
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Rogers lands contract to build hundreds of cell towers to expand wireless service in Eastern Ontario
A cell tower outside the One Mount Pleasant Road offices of Rogers Communications in Toronto. March 15, 2021 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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CRTC says three-year device-financing plans violate the wireless code
A man looks at his phone while standing near artwork of a woman wearing a protective face mask, on the side of a building in Vancouver, on Sunday, May 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Rogers holds off on 2021 guidance amid COVID-19 uncertainty; expects to continue network spending
The Rogers Communications sign is marks the company's headquarters in Toronto, April 25, 2012. Rogers Sports & Media president Jordan Banks says the company has "30 different scenarios" in its remote whiteboard rooms for the return of regular sports programming on Sportsnet.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Shaw’s first-quarter results fall short of forecasts despite record new wireless subscribers
Shaw Communications logos are shown on display at the company's annual meeting in Calgary, Jan. 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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‘Sound beaming’ can send audio directly to listeners – without using headphones
Close-up of a girl holding her hand next to her ear. The concept of chatter, gossip, news or secrets.
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BCE says business activity picking up but second wave of COVID-19 makes holiday season tough to predict
The Bell Canada logo is seen in Montreal, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Shaw expecting ‘intense’ competition in 5G market
The Shaw Communications logo is seen at their office in Calgary, on April 17, 2019.
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Wireless prices drop slightly as Ottawa pushes carriers to slash rates by 25 per cent
A cell tower is pictured in rural Ontario on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Amid much fanfare, Canada's Big 3 telecom companies introduced fifth-generation networks in major cities earlier this year and a few smartphones with 5G capabilities are now available for sale.Yet after years of promises about next-generation wireless powering self-driving cars and robotic surgery, it's still unclear exactly what the newly launched networks are currently able to do.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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CRTC study finds room for improvement in wireless sales tactics
After a provincial order to shut all non-essential businesses in Ontario, a normally bustling Queen Street West is lined with closed stores and empty of shoppers in Toronto Wednesday afternoon. One Bell store and a pet store remained open on the stretch. March 25, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Japan’s NTT launches $40-billion buyout of wireless unit Docomo
The logo of NTT Docomo is displayed at its shop in Tokyo, Japan September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Ericsson buying U.S. networking company Cradlepoint in $1.1-billion 5G deal
FILE PHOTO: The Ericsson logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Olof Swahnberg/File Photo
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BCE profit plunges 64 per cent on higher expenses
The Bell Canada logo is seen in Montreal, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Rogers sees profit drop amid pandemic; roaming revenues plunge by 90 per cent
FILE PHOTO: A man speaks on his cell phone in front of a Rogers Communications Inc sign before the company's annual general meeting for shareholders in Toronto April 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
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Telus rolls out 5G service, with Samsung as network partner
A woman is silhouetted as the Telus Corp. logo is displayed on a screen during a company event in Vancouver on Friday, October 2, 2015. Telus says its fifth-generation wireless network will be activated in five of Canada's largest markets starting Friday, with another 26 to be added by the end of this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Ottawa postpones auction of 5G spectrum due to pandemic
A cell phone displaying the AtYourGate app is shown in this photo illustration in Toronto on Thursday April 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Telecom firms urge CRTC not to order broad network access to resellers
A CRTC logo is shown in Montreal on September 10, 2012. A coalition of groups representing consumers, low-income and Indigenous people in Manitoba says Canada's telecom regulator needs to do something to ensure mobile wireless services become more affordable soon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Telus pulls guidance on pandemic uncertainty as profit falls nearly 20%
FILE PHOTO: A woman uses a mobile device while walking past a Telus store in Ottawa February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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Shaw laying off about 10% of work force due to COVID-19
Shaw logos on display at the company's annual meeting in Calgary, Jan. 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
u.s. business
T-Mobile and Sprint complete U.S. telecom megamerger
FILE PHOTO: A smartphones with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this picture illustration taken April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Canadians file record number of complaints on telecom, TV providers over 12-month span
A man walks and texts on his smart phone in downtown Toronto on Monday, October 30, 2017. Consumer advocates say a rare consensus is forming among the major political parties ahead of the federal election that Canadians need protecting from gouging by the country's big telecom companies. It's being called phone-bill populism, and it could be a make-or-break issue for the parties as they head toward the Oct. 21 vote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Competition watchdog says big telecoms should be required to sell temporary network access to some regional carriers
The CRTC will hold a public hearing next year on the state of the wireless industry and has said its preliminary view is that the national carriers should be forced to sell network access to wireless resellers.
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U.S. House moves to reinstate net-neutrality rules, but bill faces long odds
Net neutrality advocates rally in front of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ahead of Thursday's expected FCC vote repealing so-called net neutrality rules in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2017.
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Mojio raises US$40-million in latest round of financing
Mojio Inc., a startup founded in Vancouver that makes wireless technology for cars, has raised US$40-million in series B financing, close to double the money it had originally attracted in the round.