OTTAWA, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 02/01/12 — Wi-LAN Inc. ("WiLAN" or the "Company") (TSX: WIN)(NASDAQ: WILN) today announced that Mr. Paul McCarten, an independent director, has been appointed Chairman of the Board effective immediately. Mr. James Skippen formerly held both the CEO and Chairman of the Board positions. He will continue as President and CEO of WiLAN and also serve as a director.A WiLAN Board member since June 2010, Mr. McCarten has over 30 years of legal and
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/27/12 — Mr. Alex Dolgonos, the founder and original chief executive officer of Unique Broadband Systems, Inc. ("UBS" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: UBS) announced today that a corporation associated with him, 2064818 Ontario Inc., ("2064818") at 207 Arnold Avenue, Thornhill, Ontario, has increased its shareholding in UBS through a series of open market purchases on the TSX Venture Exchange between December 23, 2011 and Janu
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 01/23/12 — TeraXion is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ghazi Chaoui as Chief Strategy Advisor, to lead its future partnership and acquisition activities.Dr. Chaoui has over 26 years of experience in the optical communications industry, having held several executive positions in companies such as Oclaro, Infinera, Broadwing, Corvis, FiNet, Lucent and AT&T/Bell Laboratories. With his career track record, Dr. Chaoui brings to TeraXion a stron
OTTAWA, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 01/23/12 — Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX: WIN) (NASDAQ: WILN) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Wi-LAN USA, Inc. (collectively "WiLAN" or the "Company") today announced that it has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Research In Motion Limited and Research In Motion Corporation (collectively "RIM") for patent infringement.In its filing, WiLAN asserts that RIM is infringing U.S. Patent No. 5,515,369
OTTAWA, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Wi-LAN Inc. ("WiLAN" or the "Company") (TSX: WIN)(NASDAQ: WILN) today announced that the Company will repay its 6.00% extendible convertible unsecured subordinated debentures ("Debentures") in accordance with their terms upon maturity on January 31, 2012.For each CDN$1,000.00 principal amount of Debentures held, holders will be repaid CDN$1,000.00 plus interest in the amount of approximately CDN$23.8356 representing in
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/18/12 — Wireless Age Communications Inc. ("the Company") (PINKSHEETS: WLSA) Chairman and CEO, John G. Simmonds would like to address a number of issues of interest and importance in order to keep our shareholders informed.Firstly, as we start 2012, we want to advise our shareholders that it is our intent to close our year end financials as quickly as possible and commence an audit in order to bring the Company compliant and be in a position to
NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 01/13/12 — KDDI America, the US division of KDDI Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company and worldwide leader in international telecommunications services, announce that KDDI and Rostelecom, the biggest Russian National carrier, launch 10Gbps wavelength service with the shortest latency between Japan and Europe.KDDI Corporation (KDDI) and Rostelecom signed an Agreement early last year for upgrade and modification with Russia-Japan Cable Network (RJCN) and Tra
MCLEAN, VA — (Marketwire) — 01/12/12 — PTGi () (NYSE: PTGI) announced today that Primus Australia has signed NBN Co-s Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA).The WBA sets out the terms and conditions that the NBN Co in Australia will use to govern the supply of products and services to its wholesale customers."We are delighted to be a part of such an important agreement for the future of the telecommunications industry in Australia. Primus is an established leader in high speed broadband f
