Telecoms news from Canada

Nokia Adds Canada to Countries Supporting its Free Music Streaming Service

Nokia's own mobile music service, that comes free with Lumia smartphones has expanded its service to include Canada. Nokia Music is now available in 25 countries. ...more.

Canadian 911 Center Deploys Exalt for Backbone Network

Canada's Capital Region Emergency Service Telecommunications has deployed a microwave backhaul systems to transport communications among 40 public safety agencies in British Columbia's Capital Region. ...more.

Telus Pays $380 Million to Put Struggling Rival Out of its Misery

Consolidation in the Canadian mobile phone market as Telus has agreed to buy its much smaller rival, Mobilicity for C$380 million. ...more.

Fitch Upgrades Rogers Communications' Debt Ratings

Fitch said that the ratings upgrade considers Rogers' consistent operating performance during the past several years as its business segments have scaled further, both organically and through acquisitions, resulting in a higher level of profitability and cash flows. ...more.

USA and Canada to Harmonize Radio Spectrum Along Border Regions

The US and Canadian telecom regulators have agreed on ten interim spectrum sharing arrangements covering operations along their common borders. ...more.

SaskTel Carries Out LTE Networks Upgrades

Canadian mobile network operator, SaskTel has completed another 32 different 4G wireless network infrastructure enhancement projects across the province in April 2013 ...more.

Canada's Telus Posts 13% Rise in Quarterly Profits

Canada's Telus has reported a near 5 percent increase in its first quarter revenues, and a 13.5 percent rise in its profits. ...more.

Bell Canada Profits Rise Despite Flat Revenue Performance

Bell Canada (BCE) has reported that its first quarter revenues were essentially flat compared to a year ago, but that its net profits managed to rise by 6.6 percent. ...more.

Canada's Mobilicity Secures Permission to Seek Sale or Restructuring

Canadian mobile network operator, Mobilicity has secured court permission to restructure its finances as the company struggles to raise funding to participate in the radio spectrum auction at the end of this year. ...more.

Rogers Communications Sees Quarterly Profits Up by 15%

Canada's Rogers Communications has reported that its first quarter revenues rose by 3 percent to reach C$3.03 billion, while net profit jumped by 15 percent to C$414 million. ...more.

Canadian Tire Orders "Several Thousand" BlackBerry Smartphones

BlackBerry has secured a contract win for "several thousand" of its new BB10 smartphones from Canadian Tire. ...more.

BlackBerry Secures EUR200 Million in Export Guarantees for Smartphone Sales

Canada's export guarantee body, has provided EUR200 million of capital to support sales of BlackBerry smartphones and services to Spain's Telefonica across its worldwide operations. ...more.

Another Bidder Emerges for Canada's Wind Mobile

The Canadian financial services company, Fairfax Financial Holdings is reported to be in the early stages of preparing a bid to buy the local mobile network, Wind Mobile, ...more.

I'd Buy that for a Dollar! - Says Tiny Canadian Telco

A small Canadian MVNO, Fongo has made a merger proposal with the vastly larger Wind Mobile, which has been put up for sale by its owners. ...more.

BlackBerry Revenue Down by a Third as Smartphone Sales Nearly Halved

BlackBerry has announced that its fourth quarter revenues fell by more than a third to US$2.7 billion, and that its co-founder, Mike Lazaridis is to leave the company. ...more.

McDonalds Location for Canadian NFC Payment Trials

A McDonald's restaurant in Canada has been the venue for the country's first NFC based payment direct from a customer's bank account. ...more.

Canada's Rogers Wireless to Expand LTE Network Coverage

Canada's Rogers Wireless announced it will expand its LTE network to 44 markets this spring and intends to reach a total of 95 markets in 2013. ...more.

Canada's Wind Mobile May be Sold to Co-Founders

Russia's VimpelCom is report to be looking to sell the Canadian subsidiary, Wind Mobile it inherited when it acquired Egypt's Orascom Telecom. ...more.

China's Lenovo Mulls Takeover Bid for BlackBerry Manufacturer

China's Lenovo has again expressed an interest in a possible bid for the BlackBerry smartphone manufacturer, sending the Canadian company's shareprice up by 10 percent. ...more.

Canadian Government Seeking to Boost Competitiveness in Mobile Market

The Canadian government has outlined new measures that stem from a review of the local telecoms market, that the Minister of Industry, Christian Paradis said would increase competition in the market. ...more.