Article content The final investment-grade bonds expected to be sold before the U.S. presidential election may come from north of the border as Canadian telecom Videotron Ltd. is the lone issuer to tap the market Monday. The Quebecor Inc. unit plans to issue a long 10-year note that may yield 1.60 percentage points above comparable […]
Article content Shares of Telesat Corp. soared 50 per cent Aug. 11 after the company announced it has swapped manufacturers to build 198 satellites for its Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit program to help service enterprise and government customers and rural and remote communities in Canada. Canadian space company MDA Ltd., whose shares also took off […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Telecom Innovation Big Tech companies have become our data landlords The global cloud infrastructure market is estimated to be worth well over US$203 billion. Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images files Article content Former finance minister Bill Morneau is pounding the pavement with his ghostwritten memoir advocating that Canada pay more […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Telecom Current laws and procedures consistently favour the interests of corporations over citizens Ethernet cables are seen in front of Rogers and Shaw Communications logos. Photo by Dado Ruvic/Reuters illustration Article content Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell was flattened by the Competition Tribunal over the holidays. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement […]
Expressing its disappointment over the government’s decision on captive private networks, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has asked for a level playing field, stating that private captive network solution providers should also pay licence fee and GST at the rates applicable for telcos on the billed amount of revenue, and that such captive […]
Telecom operators and network vendors have sought a year’s extension for mandatory testing of telecom equipment, citing inability to meet deadlines due to inappropriate lab infrastructure in the country and supply chain challenges due to semiconductor shortage. The mandatory testing and certification of telecom equipment (MTCTE) regime will come into effect from July 1, under […]
Anthony Lacavera, the entrepreneur and investor who was shut out of Rogers Communications Inc.’s process to sell Freedom Mobile, has gone directly to Freedom’s current owner — Shaw Communications Inc., the Calgary-based telecommunications company that Rogers is attempting to acquire — with a proposal that would see Shaw collect a break fee from the Rogers […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Telecom News Chinese state-championed telecommunications firm poses threat to Canada’s national security, Francois-Philippe Champagne says Author of the article: Bloomberg News Erik Hertzberg and Brian Platt A staff member of Huawei uses her mobile phone at the Huawei Digital Transformation Showcase in Shenzhen, China. Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images Article […]