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Freedom Mobile launches new international roaming plan at C$65/month

Freedom Mobile has introduced a mobile plan, loaded with 60 GB of mobile data that works in 73 different countries, for the introductory...

Canada has strengths but shows no improvement in network readiness: Report

Canada ranked 11th in the annual 2023 Network Readiness Index (NRI), the same position as last year, outdistanced by the U.S.,  Singapore, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden...

Canadian Telecom Summit: AI taking phone fraud to new heights

At the 22nd Canadian Telecom Summit, Seattle-based Hiya unpacked the state of phone fraud in Canada, and how the rise of generative AI is...

Channel Bytes November 10, 2023 – Register now for Analytics Unleashed; Zoho opens Canadian data centres; New rules for Android developers; and more

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Canada trailing behind in 5G experience, Opensignal blames insufficient mid-band spectrum

According to a new Opensignal report, Canada has one of the fastest average 4G download speeds, taking on European markets like Denmark, the Netherlands...

Wireless prices are down, consumers just cannot see it, say Rogers, Telus at telecom summit

Canada’s telecommunication companies gloated as StatsCan reported a 17 per cent drop in wireless services prices. But do our bills tell a different story? That...

Organizations struggling with oversight over employees’ mobile devices: Report

A report released today by enterprise software provider SOTI found that 52 per cent of organizations do not have the budget to ensure real-time...

CRTC forces large telcos to share fibre network with competitors, Bell pulls back on investments

At the 22nd Canadian Telecom Summit, the Canadian Radio-television Commission (CRTC) Chair, Vicky Eatrides, announced that large cable and telephone companies will have to...

Ericsson unveils software toolkit to bolster 5G network capabilities

Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) cater to greater demands on network capacity and performance, as...

Webex integrates AI everywhere

At its annual WebexOne conference last week, Cisco unveiled additional artificial intelligence (AI) features in its Webex suite that build on those it announced...

Telus conducts first successful phone-to-satellite communication test; calls, texts in no-coverage zones soon possible

Telus has announced that it has successfully used satellite connectivity to conduct voice calls, send text messages between smartphones and connect to IoT devices,...

Acronym Solutions CEO talks rebranding, tapping into the mid-market, and mitigating network outages

In an interview with IT World Canada, chief executive officer of Acronym Solutions John Papadakis discussed how the business needs of the mid-market became...

CIRA, SIDN to build new shared domain registry platform

On Tuesday, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), which manages the .CA internet top-level domain (TLD), and SIDN, its counterpart in the Netherlands which...

With turnaround complete, Avaya’s future is bright

What a difference 15 months can make. When Alan Masarek was appointed as the president and CEO of Avaya Holdings Corp. on July 28,...

Channel Bytes October 20, 2023 – Canadian government offers guidelines for responsible AI use; New partner program at Living Security; Intel launches AI...

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