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Judge rejects broadcasters’ request for increased fine in set-top box case
Media | 05/19/2023 2:05 pm EDT
A Federal Court of Appeal judge has dismissed an attempt by BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. to win a greater damages payout from a seller of pre-loaded...
CRTC must implement a reasonable test for FTTP rates: Péladeau
telecom | 05/11/2023 5:44 pm EDT
The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) rates to prevent situations where providers offer prices significantly below approved wholesale rates, according to Quebecor Inc.’s CEO.
Pierre Karl Péladeau made the comments Thursday...
CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout
telecom | 05/05/2023 1:40 pm EDT
Friday the CRTC issued approvals for several claims under the Broadband Fund. Three companies will receive money to roll out infrastructure across the country.
ATG Arrow...
Bibic says Canada has “unsophisticated” discourse on pricing, gov. reached wireless goals
telecom | 05/04/2023 4:16 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s CEO said that the government’s job...
‘Expedited’ FTTP proceeding delayed as incumbents file last-minute extension requests; strike keeps proceeding behind closed doors
Internet and Governance | 05/01/2023 12:21 pm EDT
Less than two months after the launch of an...
Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report
telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT
According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...
Bell catches copper thief red-handed, sues for damages
telecom | 04/12/2023 4:09 pm EDT
Three BCE Inc. subsidiaries are suing a man and his co-conspirators for stealing copper wire from seven tower sites in Ontario. On Apr. 5, Bell Canada, Bell Mobility and Northern Telephone filed a claim in Ontario Superior Court against Sylvain Fleury and unnamed accomplices...
Wholesale-based ISPs back Quebecor’s fibre complaint against Bell
Internet and Governance | 04/05/2023 3:48 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions...
Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closed
telecom | 04/03/2023 3:56 pm EDT
After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw...
Quebec court will hear Quebecor’s case for damages in pole access fight with Bell
telecom | 03/31/2023 4:54 pm EDT
The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request...
CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings
telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...
Champagne most lobbied minister in Canadian government, survey finds
telecom | 03/22/2023 12:56 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied...
All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee
telecom | 03/21/2023 3:59 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service...
CRTC changes costs awards for Rogers
telecom | 03/13/2023 1:03 pm EDT
Monday the CRTC approved a review and vary application from Rogers Communications Inc. over a series of...
Télébec restructuring its residential customer service charges
telecom | 03/06/2023 2:54 pm EST
BCE Inc. subsidiary Télébec is asking the CRTC for permission to...
Roaming rate charge increase ‘unacceptable’: Champagne
telecom | 03/02/2023 3:09 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s office has denounced plans by BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility and Telus Corp. to hike roaming charges...
Bell presses pause on NG911 onboarding
telecom | 02/24/2023 5:04 pm EST
BCE Inc. is implementing a temporary embargo for next-generation 911 (NG911) onboarding and go-live...
CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding
Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST
The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...
CRTC denies Videotron application for arbitration with Bell
telecom | 02/21/2023 2:16 pm EST
The CRTC has denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unit...
Push for Indigenous spectrum sovereignty continues through ISED consultation responses
telecom | 02/14/2023 4:21 pm EST
Indigenous leadership is once again pushing the...
Canadian telecoms waive fees to Turkey and Syria following earthquake
telecom | 02/09/2023 3:16 pm EST
Telecommunications companies across Canada are waiving fees for texts and long distance calls in the wake of the earthquake which struck Syria and Turkey. The waiver will last...
CRTC dismisses Bell undue preference complaint against Quebecor; orders the companies to play nice
Media | 02/03/2023 4:56 pm EST
In its first notable broadcasting decision under...
Wireless, internet and media lead to strong Bell fourth quarter
telecom | 02/02/2023 4:09 pm EST
BCE Inc. released its fourth quarter results Thursday, reporting 330,743...
Maritime provinces experience brief 911 outage
telecom | 01/31/2023 4:28 pm EST
The provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island were briefly without 911 service...
Globalive seeks to become national carrier by buying Manitoba spectrum
telecom | 01/23/2023 2:59 pm EST
Frustrated in its attempt to buy Freedom Mobile back from Shaw...
Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless
telecom | 01/20/2023 5:34 pm EST
The CRTC is starting a fresh chapter with new...
Telecoms file briefs on service fees for radio equipment
telecom | 01/20/2023 4:26 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding...
Telecoms file arguments in Competition Bureau appeal of Rogers-Shaw merger
telecom | 01/18/2023 7:31 pm EST
All eyes in the telecom world will be focused on the Federal Court of...
CRTC has collected more money than it can distribute for Broadband Fund: Bell
telecom | 01/09/2023 5:03 pm EST
BCE Inc. filed an application with the commission to review and vary its...
Bell and Snapchat launch Raptors immersive experience
Media | 01/06/2023 2:59 pm EST
BCE Inc. announced Friday that the company was partnering with Snap Inc. – the producer of Snapchat – to create what the companies are calling a "unique immersive experience" for fans of the Toronto Raptors.
For fans who attend Raptors home games in Scotiabank Arena...
Quebec hotel company keeps exempt BDU status, despite protests of Quebecor and Bell
Media | 01/04/2023 4:47 pm EST
The CRTC has denied Quebecor Inc.’s request to sanction Coopérative de...
Northwestel may provide FTTP services 35% below price floor and discount to Wholesale Connect: CRTC
telecom | 12/20/2022 5:46 pm EST
The CRTC approved an application by BCE Inc.’s...
Far North does not need special consideration, Telus tells CRTC
telecom | 12/13/2022 6:15 pm EST
Telus Corp. told the CRTC that it is not charging more for the services it...
Heritage committee finishes clause-by-clause study of C-18
telecom | 12/09/2022 5:03 pm EST
The House of Commons Committee on Canadian Heritage finished...
CBC to stay in Bill C-18
telecom | 12/06/2022 6:29 pm EST
Despite concerns about CBC/Radio-Canada muscling private media out of competition for advertising dollars in the news sector, the House of Commons Heritage committee defeated a Conservative amendment and will keep the public broadcaster included in the Online News Act.
Under the act, also known as Bill C-18, CBC will still be able to bargain with tech platforms for remuneration after the Liberal MPs on the committee, with support from the Bloc Québécois, defeated the Conservative move to cut CBC out of the bill. ...
Bell accuses Videotron of not paying 911 fees
telecom | 12/01/2022 4:55 pm EST
BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Canada is accusing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron division of reneging on its...
Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order
telecom | 11/23/2022 7:43 am EST
The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...
Distributel wouldn’t be able to offer Shaw pricing if it bought Freedom, Tribunal hears
telecom | 11/11/2022 11:37 am EST
Distributel Communications Ltd. attempted to...
Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals
telecom | 11/10/2022 4:17 pm EST
In a series of rulings issued on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed appeals in three...
Bell mopped up customers switching from Rogers in Q3
Media | 11/03/2022 6:15 pm EDT
BCE Inc. reported what it said were record subscriber additions in the third quarter of 2022, according...
Facebook threatens to leave Canada, MP wants it to testify on C-18
Media | 10/25/2022 4:08 pm EDT
OTTAWA–Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, is so upset that...
Bell granted World Cup site-blocking order; broadcasters seek NHL piracy blocking renewal
Media | 10/24/2022 5:07 pm EDT
The emerging ad-hoc regime of site-blocking in...
Bell says it’s inappropriate for CRTC to restrict services to occupants in Rogers-Lixo MDU access dispute
telecom | 10/19/2022 5:20 pm EDT
BCE Inc. says it would be inappropriate and...
Competitive pay-telephone service provider’s dispute with Bell is left to the courts: CRTC
telecom | 10/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT
The CRTC will not force BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. to compensate Ontario’s last competitive pay-telephone service provider (CPTSP) for toll-free call charges...
PIAC and Telus support Bell’s review and vary over wholesale roaming services, Videotron disagrees
telecom | 10/07/2022 3:32 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Telus...
Feds meet with telecoms over Hurricane Fiona, NS premier unimpressed
telecom | 09/30/2022 12:58 pm EDT
Heads of Canada's major telecommunications companies met with federal...
Bell files review and vary over Videotron pole access decision
telecom | 09/23/2022 5:45 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada has filed a Part 1 review and vary application...
CRTC rejects new commercial radio station for Rouyn-Noranda, Que.; will put community radio application to a hearing
Media | 09/22/2022 5:08 pm EDT
The Rouyn-Noranda market cannot support another...
Bell introduces gigabit 8.0 in areas of Toronto
telecom | 09/20/2022 3:02 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is introducing a new speed tier to its North American customers and subsequently filed a new tariff notification with the CRTC to reflect the changes.
Bell Fibe gigabit 8.0 was made available to customers earlier this month and offers symmetrical download and...
Bell will fold EBox into Distributel: Bell CFO
telecom | 09/13/2022 6:15 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is planning to maintain recently acquired Distributel Ltd. as a standalone company, but will...
CRTC proceeds with Bell complaint against Videotron despite “abusive timing” of application
Media | 09/02/2022 5:29 pm EDT
The CRTC has opened a Part 1 proceeding after BCE...
BREAKING: Bell to acquire Distributel
telecom | 09/02/2022 4:00 pm EDT
In the latest in a series of acquisitions in the ISP sector this year, BCE Inc. is seeking to acquire one...
Bell tries again to stop Videotron’s ‘permanent roaming’
telecom | 08/30/2022 4:56 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has filed a review and vary application seeking to overturn a May...
Federal government increases connectivity in Quebec and Ontario
telecom | 08/26/2022 5:06 pm EDT
The federal government announced two projects on Friday that will increase...
CRTC puts out request for information on wholesale wireless
telecom | 08/24/2022 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued a request for information from the incumbent wireless...
Ethics commissioner finds no conflict of interest in TekSavvy complaint over Scott-Bibic beer
Media | 08/24/2022 5:29 pm EDT
Canada’s Conflict of Interest and Ethics...
CRTC investigating Northwestel outage in Nunavut
telecom | 08/22/2022 2:52 pm EDT
The CRTC is once again dealing with a service outage from a major carrier, in this case BCE Inc. property...
OUTtv licence renewed, becomes must-offer in English Canada
Media | 08/18/2022 5:05 pm EDT
Thursday the CRTC renewed the licence of OUTtv Network Inc. for five years and said it should be on must-offer status in English Canada for four years. That wasn’t good enough for one commissioner.
The LGBTQ+-themed network had asked for must-offer coverage across both...
Britain and Australia provide example for internet ads, PIAC says
Media | 08/17/2022 6:52 pm EDT
Canada should look to Britain and Australia for lessons on how to regulate...
Comp. Bureau’s silence on anti-competitive complaint allowing abuse of dominance to persist: TekSavvy
telecom | 08/17/2022 6:13 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has told the Competition...
Bell MTS continues to experience outages in Manitoba
telecom | 08/16/2022 4:59 pm EDT
BCE Inc. property Bell MTS had an outage on Monday that cut off internet and television services to...
Big 3 fight back against ISED’s efforts to protect wholesale regime
telecom | 08/11/2022 5:50 pm EDT
Submissions to the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic...
Bell revenues up, profits down as company releases Q2 numbers
telecom | 08/04/2022 3:51 pm EDT
BCE Inc. announced revenues of $5.86 billion for the second quarter of 2022 Thursday, a jump of 2.9 per cent over the figures for a year ago. Net earnings declined 10.9 per cent over the same period, to $654 million. Bell attributed the fall to higher expenses, higher...
Bell says record precipitation in Winnipeg causing outages and delaying repairs for landlines
telecom | 07/13/2022 4:52 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is claiming that “ongoing record...
Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage
telecom | 07/11/2022 5:55 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...
Quebec hotel company asks CRTC to mandate negotiations with Bell
Media | 07/11/2022 5:43 pm EDT
A Quebec-based hotel accused of copyright infringement is asking the CRTC...
In-footprint seamless handoffs hurt competition: Bell to CRTC
telecom | 07/06/2022 5:36 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to rescind its order to make seamless handoffs...
Rovi Guides infringement case against Bell, Ericsson companies will move ahead
Media | 07/05/2022 5:23 pm EDT
A Federal Court judge has dismissed an attempt by BCE Inc. and Ericsson AB...
Feds, Quebec, announce funding for rural high-speed internet
telecom | 06/29/2022 5:02 pm EDT
The federal government and Quebec announced $8.2 million in joint funding...
CRTC fines Bell for delaying access to support structures
telecom | 06/15/2022 4:03 pm EDT
The CRTC has imposed an administrative monetary penalty (AMP) of $7.5...
CRTC denies Bell’s review and vary on toll-trunk tariff language
telecom | 06/09/2022 12:58 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from BCE Inc. to stay a 2021 commission order...
Punish hotel broadcaster who infringed on copyright: Bell tells CRTC
Media | 06/07/2022 3:31 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is supporting a Quebecor Inc. application for the CRTC to revoke the Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley’s status as an exempt broadcasting distribution...
C-11 needs to incentivize a new era of foreign-domestic partnerships: Bell
Media | 06/02/2022 2:54 pm EDT
BCE Inc. wants the government to incentivize foreign-domestic partnerships...
CRTC dismisses Bell complaint that Videotron Vrai HVOD service violates regulations
Media | 05/30/2022 4:53 pm EDT
The CRTC has found that Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron did not contravene its...
Stakeholder reaction to CRTC policy direction mixed
telecom | 05/27/2022 5:33 pm EDT
Amongst those independent internet service providers (ISPs) who had been pleading with the federal...
CRTC denies Bell application on Videotron roaming
telecom | 05/27/2022 3:52 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility Inc. has lost an application before the CRTC about Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...
Comp. laws are too focused on price: Lawson Hunter
Media | 05/16/2022 7:21 pm EDT
Canada's competition laws have become too sensitive to price, particularly in mergers, and should instead focus more on the role of innovation and change, according to a Canadian competition and regulatory lawyer.
Lawson Hunter, a former senior civil servant involved in...
Rogers-Shaw merger benefiting wireless industry as a whole in 2022: Bell CEO
Media | 05/05/2022 4:35 pm EDT
When it comes to Canada's wireless market this year, there are a number of...
Integrity Commissioner refers TekSavvy’s Scott complaint to Ethics Commissioner
Media | 05/05/2022 3:20 pm EDT
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Joe Friday...
Bell, Amazon announce launch of mobile edge computing retail business
telecom | 04/26/2022 1:14 pm EDT
BCE Inc. announced the launch of its partnership with Amazon Inc. to deploy...
Big 3 oppose Wireless Code CRTC intervention for cancellation fees, PIAC supports it
telecom | 04/22/2022 4:23 pm EDT
Incumbent telecoms are reacting strongly to a...
Telecom consultant says Rogers-Shaw merger, inflation, enough to spark forbearance reassessment
telecom | 04/21/2022 12:20 pm EDT
A Toronto-based telecom and broadcasting consultant is arguing to the CRTC that Rogers Communications Inc.’s pending...
Little support for CRTC forbearance policy review following Part 1 application
telecom | 04/12/2022 3:53 pm EDT
The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is the only...
CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision
telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT
The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...
Bell announces 3 Gbps service
telecom | 04/06/2022 5:47 pm EDT
BCE Inc. Wednesday announced the launch of a new three gigabit service. The service boasts both download...
Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy appeal of GoldTV site-blocking order
Media | 03/24/2022 1:28 pm EDT
Updated with TekSavvy reaction.
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday morning dismissed a last effort by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. to challenge Canada's first-ever...
Delay 3,800 Mhz auction until altimeter issues resolved, Sasktel tells ISED
telecom | 03/03/2022 9:52 am EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has a “simple”...
Rogers “not putting a dime” in middle tier news market: Conservative MP
Media | 03/02/2022 7:16 pm EST
Community-owned television outlets “are not producing local news that...
TekSavvy asks for investigation by Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of CRTC comish
telecom | 03/02/2022 6:09 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has asked the Office of...
Bell acquires Quebec-based provider Ebox
Media | 02/24/2022 4:23 pm EST
BCE Inc. has acquired Quebec-based internet, telephone and television provider Ebox Inc., the incumbent...
Quebecor provides no justification or rationale in Vrai pricing dispute: Bell
Media | 02/24/2022 2:58 pm EST
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that Quebecor Inc. provided no justification or rationale to the commission for the pricing discrepancies between its Vrai hybrid...
ISED failed to show reasons for Quebecor’s set-aside eligibility in 3500 auction: Telus
telecom | 02/23/2022 2:41 pm EST
When it assessed Quebecor Inc. as eligible to bid...
CRTC rejects CNOC request for Scott’s recusal
telecom | 02/16/2022 11:07 am EST
The CRTC has decided that it will not consider a request from the Competitive Network Operators of Canada...
Videotron giving itself undue preference, but unnecessary to suspend BDU Vrai service: PIAC
Media | 02/15/2022 5:24 pm EST
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is...
Quebecor calls Bell’s Vrai complaint “desperate” and “devoid of any merit”
Media | 02/11/2022 6:10 pm EST
Quebecor Inc. wants BCE Inc.’s request to mandate that Videotron...
Quebec court authorizes class-action against Bell’s Télébec, Câblevision
telecom | 02/09/2022 6:09 pm EST
A Superior Court of Quebec judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit...
CRTC orders Bell to stop service in Saint John MDU until Rogers gains access
telecom | 02/08/2022 2:55 pm EST
The CRTC denied BCE Inc. the right to market to tenants in a multi-dwelling...
Bell reports slight revenue uptick
Media | 02/03/2022 4:36 pm EST
BCE Inc’s overall revenue crept up 1.8 per cent, up to $6.21 billion from $6.1 billion, from this time...
Quebecor’s Vrai VOD service violates CRTC regs: Bell
Media | 02/01/2022 5:04 pm EST
The CRTC has opened a proceeding in response to a BCE Inc. November...
Class-action will not shrink despite Videotron arbitration clause, court rules
telecom | 01/31/2022 6:20 pm EST
The Superior Court of Quebec denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron to exclude from a class-action group any companies that signed an arbitration clause with the...