Canadian fixed and mobile network operator Rogers Communications has budgeted CAD200 million (USD160 million) to deploy fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) to up to 314,000 homes and businesses in New Brunswick starting in the communities of Dieppe, Moncton, Riverview and Shediac. Customers will gain access to '100% pure fibre' Ignite Internet-branded bro...

Canada's Telus has announced that its 5G mobile network now reaches 70% of the population and '744 urban and rural communities' coast-to-coast – 129 more communities than it had projected for end-2021. By province, the 5G network covers: British Columbia (202 communities); Quebec (245); Alberta (151); Ontario (105); Atlantic Canada provinces (27); ...

Shaw Communications reported its consolidated financial and operating results for its fiscal first quarter ended 30 November 2021, with total revenue increasing by 1.2% year-on-year to CAD1.39 billion (USD1.11 billion), adjusted EBITDA rising 4.3% to CAD633 million and net income growing 20.2% to CAD196 million. In the three-month period the compan...

Seamless monitoring of network traffic is critically important for enterprise network and security administrators: it lies at the very foundation of network threat detection and remediation. Regrettably, packet duplication has commonly been an undesirable side-effect of network traffic monitoring. Packet duplication produces redundant information i...

Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Francois-Philippe Champagne, announced the launch of the consultation on a policy and licensing framework for spectrum in the 3800MHz band to support 5G and promote competition in mobile services. The consultation specifically seeks input on issues such as the network build-out requirements tha...

Saskatchewan operator SaskTel announced yesterday that it has begun commercial deployment of its 5G mobile network in partnership with Samsung, with initial sections of the network going live in parts of Regina, under a first-phase plan to expand coverage throughout Regina and Saskatoon in spring 2022. Doug Burnett, SaskTel President and CEO, decla...

Xplornet Communications has closed an agreement to acquire Brant Fibre Optics, a network operator providing gigabit speed internet services to enterprise customers in Brant County, southwestern Ontario. Xplornet Executive VP Bill Macdonald said: 'The acquisition of Brant Fibre Optics is an important milestone in our continued focus on increasing ou...

By Paul Brett, Cubro Network Visibility Network visibility solutions help organizations to meet their business and IT objectives by improving network performance, security posture, network planning, business continuity, and the ROI of network infrastructure and network tools. Network visibility products typically include network TAPs, Network ...

Security cameras and alarm systems monitor your buildings, offices, streets, but who monitors your networks? Watch the replay of the Live Webinar "IOTA and Cybersecurity" where Profitap discussed how IOTA can be the best entry point to monitor your network performance. IOTA gives detailed network traffic visibility to critical applications and data...

Canadian-based global satellite operator Telesat Corporation has become a public company with shares listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol TSAT, following the closing of a transaction in which Loral Space & Communications' stockholders and Telesat Canada's other equity holder...

Major financial institutions experienced 80% more cyberattacks over the past 12 months, a 13% year-over-year increase, with a 238% surge in cyberattacks against banks during the coronavirus pandemic.1 According to a new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a single cyberattack on one of the top U.S. banks would likely have a major effe...

By Chris Bihary Today, 50% of large enterprises are spending over $1 million annually on cybersecurity. The worldwide information security market is forecast to reach over $170 billion by 2022, as enterprises are making huge investments when it comes to securing mission-critical applications and data-center performance quality. This result reflects...

Bell Canada and Nokia have announced a North American first test of 25Gbps PON fibre broadband technology at Bell's Advanced Technical Lab in Montreal. The partners reported that 'the trial validates that current GPON and XGS-PON broadband technology and future 25G PON can work seamlessly together on the same fibre hardware, which is being deployed...

Canada's Xplornet Communications has announced a plan to deliver affordable fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) internet to 200,000 homes and businesses in rural communities across Ontario. The move forms part of Xplornet's commitment announced last year to invest CAD500 million (USD399 million) by 2025 in deploying fibre and 5G fixed wireless access to meet ...

Canadian full-service operator Telus reported that its consolidated revenues increased by 6.8% year-on-year to CAD4.251 billion (USD3.412 billion) in the three months ended 30 September 2021. Q3 EBITDA increased by 7.6% y-o-y to CAD1.496 billion, which the company said reflected higher internet and data service margins resulting from subscription b...

Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) reported a 0.8% year-on-year increase in total revenues to CAD5.836 billion (USD4.696 billion) in Q3 2021, with 3.6% consolidated service revenue growth driving 4.2% higher adjusted EBITDA at CAD2.558 billion, as quarterly net income grew 9.9% y-o-y to CAD813 million. Highlights in the three months ending 30 September ...

Bell Canada is partnering with geographic information system (GIS) provider Esri Canada to create the Bell Integrated Smart City Ecosystem, combining Bell's 5G network and IoT solutions with Esri's real-time analytics and location intelligence capabilities 'to help cities of all sizes across Canada become connected communities, empowering them to r...

Network Visibility Dashboards Save Time When mired in KPIs and data analysis, it's easy to forget WHY we have networks but it is important to remember they are the backbone of business that help us deliver services and products. There is a way to rise above the KPI and data debacle – executive dashboards. In this "Benefits of Executive Dashboards –...

Canada's Shaw Communications has posted its consolidated financial and operating results for the quarter and fiscal year ended 31 August 2021. Quarterly revenue increased 2.1% year-on-year to CAD1.38 billion (USD1.11 billion) while adjusted three-month EBITDA increased 3.4% y-o-y to CAD614 million and net income improved 44% to CAD252 million. Fisc...

Canada's Federal Court has denied requests from national telecoms operators Bell and Telus to block Quebec-based rival Videotron from purchasing 3500MHz 5G 'set-aside' mobile licences in western provinces it won at auction earlier this year, IT World Canada reports. The court concluded that there was no basis for assertions that Videotron needed to...