Fongo offers to buy Wind Mobile, plans to enter wireless market

Editor's note: Story updated at 12:55 PM ET A Waterloo, Ont.-based voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) firm is offering to buy Wind Mobile for $1, it announced this morning. But whether the deal goes

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 27th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Grocery store offers produce, poultry and Wi-Fi

A grocery store in Perth, Ont. is going beyond offering just the meat and potatoes for its customers, saying wireless access has become as important to its customers as fresh produce and poultry.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 28th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

BYOD solution a fit for small businesses, says HP

While in the networking space, Hewlett-Packard Co. is seen as more of an enterprise player, the vendor says it needs to do a better job letting the market know that many of its

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 20th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

How to ready your WiFi network for a smartphone influx

Whether it’s the BlackBerry Z10, iPhone 5, or some other latest hot handset to hit the market, you can bet employees will want to bring their shiny new devices to work.Many small businesses

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 5th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Data roaming bill limit needed, consumer watchdog says

You don't really understand the meaning of the phrase “bill shock” until you rack up a huge cell phone bill while on an international trip due to roaming charges.Outrageous bills after what may

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 10th, 2012 Brian Jackson

All Hands on Tech: Nettalk Duo WiFi

The landline is dead. Now that everyone is always carrying around cell phones, having a home phone number is obsolete. Many people are cutting the cord entirely and cutting the expense of a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 23rd, 2012 Brian Jackson

‘WiFox’ could vastly improve Wi-Fi connections

We've all experienced the frustration of a lacking Wi-Fi connection before. Whether at a conference where the routers are overloaded with devices trying to connect, or at a coffee shop where the speeds

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 15th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Canadian carriers to create stolen cell phone blacklist

In a move to ward off government regulation, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) will start checking that any new phone authorized on a network hasn’t been reported as stolen, it announced today.Any

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 8th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Mobilicity launches 4G service

Mobilicity has launched its 4G service by offering two new data plan options. The Toronto-based wireless carrier, which operates as an upstartalternative to Rogers, Telus and Bell, said in a news release that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 31st, 2012 Christine Wong

Telecom complaints jump by 35 per cent

Consumer complaints about Canadian telecom services rose by 35 per cent in the past year, with wireless services targeted by the bulk of unhappy customers for the fourth year in a row. Wireless

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 25th, 2012 Christine Wong

Rogers extends One Number service to iPad, home phone

Rogers Communications has broadened its Rogers One Number platform so users can extend their Rogers wireless number to their home phones and iPads. What's new is that the One Number app can be

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 26th, 2012 Christine Wong

New accelerator for wireless SMBs coming to Ontario

A new accelerator for small and medium sized wireless sector firms is being launched in Ontario. The new initiative will be part of Wavefront, an existing NationalCentre of Excellence accelerator program for innovation

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 19th, 2012 Christine Wong

Mobilicity to sell phones at Loblaw’s locations

Toronto-based wireless carrier Mobilicity will have its cell phones sold next to groceries on the shelves of Loblaw Companies Ltd., the firm announced today.Mobilicity's handsets will be sold in Loblaw's Prepaid Cell Phones

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 4th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Public Mobile launches unlimited music download service

Public Mobile, one of the new entrants to the Canadian cell phone carrier space, announced today an unlimited music download service available to its customers using Android smartphones.Dubbed Siren, the Toronto-based firm is

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 14th, 2012 Brian Jackson