Tricia Duryee
Mar 3, 2009 12:33 PM
Bell Canada is taking a huge leap into the consumer electronics business by agreeing to acquire The Source, a Canadian retailer that was owned by bankrupt Circuit City. Through its purchase, Bell Canada plans to continue selling typical consumer electronics products, but will add its entire product line-up, ranging from…
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Tricia Duryee
Oct 10, 2008 7:16 PM
Bell Canada said today that it will use LTE to build out its 4G network, an unexpected move for a company which has many close ties to the competing WiMax standard. For instance, the operator currently offers a WiMax-like network in 178 cities in Canada, and in March 2005, it…
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Matt Kapko
Jul 28, 2008 12:42 PM
Bell Canada is cutting 2,500 management positions, representing 15 percent of management or 6 percent of its entire workforce. (Release.) The job cuts follow the company’s previously announced plan to reduce executive positions by 30 percent earlier this month. All told, the move will save almost $300 million, the company…
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