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Telus Q1 Profit Up 6%

by Gaurav KheterpalMay 10, 2012

Earlier this month, Rogers and Bell Mobility – two of Canada’s ‘Big Three’ wireless giants, reported contrasting quarterly results. While Rogers reported weaker profits due to poor showing in wireless and cable, Bell topped earning estimates thanks largely to an impressive performance in the wireless segment.
Therefore, the industry’s been eagerly waiting to know Telus’ fate [...]

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RIM Appoints Two Executives

by Jordan RichardsonMay 9, 2012

Research In Motion has appointed two new executives to its board in an effort to pull the troubled company back from the edge. The corporation has hired a new chief marketing officer and a new chief operating officer, filling two important positions.
Kristian Tear is the new chief operating officer. He was most recently known as [...]

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FCC Chairman Defends Nixing AT&T/T-Mobile Deal

by Matt KlassenMay 9, 2012

Officially kicking off the annual CTIA conference, held in New Orleans this year, Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski defended his committee’s decision to block the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile, saying in his keynote address that preventing such a deal from taking place doesn’t hurt the wireless industry’s spectrum position and in fact promotes healthy [...]

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Rogers To Launch Digital Pyjamas For Babies, Do You Really Need It For Your Newborn Though?

by Gaurav KheterpalMay 9, 2012

It doesn’t get any more hipster than this – a digital pyjama to monitor your infant’s temperature and movement via a remote computer, tablet or smartphone. Rogers yesterday announced that it has teamed up with a Exmovere Holdings Inc., a U.S.-based biomedical engineering company, to launch of digital pyjamas, called Exmobaby, later this year.
While it may sound [...]

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Yahoo Controversy over CEO Résumé

by Matt KlassenMay 8, 2012

Reportedly employee morale at Yahoo is at an all-time low, with that dark ominous cloud of unemployment still hanging over the heads of many. But as Yahoo continues to slash its workforce in an attempt to reverse its flagging fortunes a new blight has struck the once mighty Internet giant, a controversy surrounding recently-hired CEO [...]

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MasterCard: Time Is Ripe For Mobile Payments In Canada

by Gaurav KheterpalMay 8, 2012

For last few years, ‘mobile payment’ adoption has widely been considered as the next big thing in the world of mobile technology. However, for several reasons, the mobile payment revolution has taken longer than anticipated, even in developed countries including Canada and United States.
While several subject matter experts have gone on record to say that [...]

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Cisco Scoops Up Real-time Network Analytics Firm Truviso

by Gaurav KheterpalMay 7, 2012

Once upon a time, Cisco was my favorite networking company – innovative products, able leadership of John Chambers and oozing investor confidence. For several years, Cisco had a dream run as the undisputed leader of the networking empire while others including Juniper and others contested keenly for the silver medal. The company worked on a [...]

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Telecom Giants Support National Wireless Contract Standards

by Jordan RichardsonMay 7, 2012

As I reported at the end of last month, the province of Nova Scotia has joined a number of other Canadian provinces in regulating cell phone contracts. Now it looks like the major telecommunications carriers in the country are pushing for a national standard that would streamline the concept.
Rogers, Bell and Telus, along with a [...]

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Samsung’s Galaxy Empire Exploits Apple’s Weaknesses

by Matt KlassenMay 7, 2012

Does it really come as a surprise to anyone to read about Samsung’s rise to power? The company utilizes the wildly popular freely distributed Android operating system, a platform that is has the Internet’s most powerful company as its foundation and some of the biggest names in mobile devices as part of its framework, and [...]