Mobile Phones

• Reactions to Rogers-Shaw deal mixed in Alberta

  Shaw Communications and Corus Entertainment, the parent company of Global News, are owned by the Shaw family based in Calgary.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2023
  
• Weekly survey: Do you actually re-watch concert videos you take with your phone?

  There's a sea of phones pointed at the stage during every concert. How many of those people actually go back and watch what they shot? Let's find out.

  Entertainment

  Apr 25, 2022
  
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• Low-income Canadians spend 9% of annual income on communications services: CRTC

  The snapshot of expenditures shows households with incomes below $32,090 spent 8.6 per cent of what they earned in 2016 on communications.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2018
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• Emergency alert Day 2 testing going ahead while officials work to fix Monday failures

  Alert Ready officials say tests planned for Wednesday in other parts of the country will go ahead while they work to resolve glitches in the system.

  Canada

  May 9, 2018
• Wireless carriers can’t keep up after weekend 10 GB for $60 promotion

  It sounds like a Christmas miracle: for a limited time, Canada's wireless providers are offering 10 gigabytes of data for $60 per month — that is, if you can get through to take advantage of the deal.

  Consumer

  Dec 18, 2017
• IBM Canada partners with HHS to launch health-care innovation hub

  The Innovation Exchange Initiative will give projects like the Hamilton early warning score system (HEWS) an opportunity to improve and grow.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2017
• Unplugged: Cellphones mark 30 years in Canada

  Victor Surerus says the $2,700 he paid for his first cellphone 30 years ago was worth every penny.

  Consumer

  Jun 29, 2015
• Death of the payphone? CRTC to tighten rules on removing public phones

  The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is proposing to tighten the rules companies must follow when they decide to cut the cord on the last public phone in a community.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2015
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• Should back-to-school lists include mobile phones?

  Education experts weigh in on whether mobile devices distract children from learning or help them.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2014
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• More research needed to determine cancer risk of mobile phones, WiFi equipment

  An expert panel recommends more research is needed to clarify the potential risk of cancer of from radiofrequency waves emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2014