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Wholesale model upside down: Jetté
| 05/24/2023 6:18 pm EDT
According to the CEO of one of Canada's largest regional internet service providers, the recent state of acquisitions in the telecom market has effectively inverted the wholesale model from what it was meant to be.
“Through their acquisition of smaller players [BCE Inc....
Broadband use lowers harmful emissions, think tank finds
Internet and Governance | 05/18/2023 4:24 pm EDT
The Montreal Economic Institute has released a paper finding that adoption of broadband technology can help in the fight against climate change. Senior policy analyst Krystle Wittevrongel, working with MEI president Daniel Dufort, issued the document on Thursday.
By using...
Cybersecurity is national security, panelists tell IIC
Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 11:54 am EDT
OTTAWA–The government’s cybersecurity legislation, Bill C-26, is...
CRTC becoming more accommodating to stakeholders: Eatrides
Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 2:34 pm EDT
OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its...
Facebook’s refusal to send witnesses angers Heritage committee
Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT
Sir Nicholas Clegg’s reversal of an agreement to appear before the House...
Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules
Media | 05/04/2023 2:23 pm EDT
OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its...
Google, Facebook determined to stop news sharing should C-18 pass as currently drafted
Internet and Governance | 05/04/2023 11:23 am EDT
With Bill C-18, the Government's plan to have news organizations negotiate rates of compensation with internet platforms, before the Senate for review, Alphabet Inc.'s Google...
Government announces new licencing policy for 5G
Internet and Governance | 05/03/2023 5:03 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that the...
Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides
Internet and Governance | 03/30/2023 4:27 pm EDT
The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from...
Execulink solves access problem with Williams & McDaniel
Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 3:40 pm EDT
Execulink Telecom Inc. has withdrawn a Part 1 application before the CRTC...
CRTC opening up Indigenous Broadband Funding steam in policy review
telecom | 03/23/2023 6:57 pm EDT
The CRTC is looking for feedback on how it can improve its Broadband Fund,...
Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills
Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that...
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...
Canadian and Ontario governments invest $15 million in broadband rollout
telecom | 03/16/2023 2:09 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced two projects that will...
Google promises to restore access to news at lively committee meeting
Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 5:11 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will stop limiting consumer access to news links...
Amid CRTC review, Quebecor complains of Bell ‘abuse’ of wholesale rates for fibre
Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 4:20 pm EST
Days before the CRTC announced that it would open a fresh proceeding on rates for wholesale broadband internet and would expedite a review of wholesale fibre access, Quebecor...
UPDATED: CRTC cuts wholesale broadband rates by 10 per cent, launches new rates proceeding, and will expedite review of FTTH access; competitors pleased
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 4:24 pm EST
The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair...
Rodriguez rejects Senate C-11 amendment limiting CRTC power over social media
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 8:38 am EST
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is rejecting a Senate amendment...
MP plans legislation to protect workers from ‘bossware’
Internet and Governance | 03/07/2023 1:32 pm EST
A Toronto MP is looking to introduce legislation that will cover the use of...
Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metrics
Internet and Governance | 03/06/2023 5:25 pm EST
A Conservative MP told the Industry Committee that...
Execulink files second Part 1 to get MDU access in Tillsonburg
telecom | 03/03/2023 3:46 pm EST
For the second time this week, Execulink Telecom Inc. has filed an application with the CRTC seeking access to facilities in Tillsonburg Ont. The competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) is alleging that Williams & McDaniel Property Management has denied it access to...
CIK continues to file Part 1s seeking access to Richmond, B.C. buildings
telecom | 02/27/2023 11:19 am EST
Competitive local exchange carrier CIK Telecom Inc. has once again filed a...
CIK files another Part 1 application on timely access to MDUs
telecom | 02/24/2023 3:15 pm EST
Competitive local exchange carrier CIK Telecom Inc. has once again appealed...
CRTC issues consultation on network resiliency in response to increased service outages
telecom | 02/22/2023 4:59 pm EST
The CRTC is inviting telecom stakeholders and Canadians to participate in a consultation for the development of a...
Cogeco announces acquisition of Oxio
telecom | 02/21/2023 5:05 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. announced it is acquiring independent internet service provider (ISP) Oxio.
In a Tuesday...
Wholesale access in the North is essential for service improvement, Indigenous economic development: stakeholders tell CRTC
telecom | 02/17/2023 5:26 pm EST
There is a consensus forming that the CRTC should...
Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society
Internet and Governance | 02/17/2023 4:20 pm EST
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the...
SaskTel CEO retiring
Internet and Governance | 02/13/2023 5:47 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Co. announced the retirement of its president and CEO Doug Burnett.
Burnett will be leaving at the end of May to early June,...
UPDATED: Government finalizes new directions for CRTC
Media | 02/13/2023 4:00 pm EST
Monday the federal government outlined new policy directions for the CRTC, with an emphasis on...
Senators continue fight over Streaming Act and CBC’s future
Media | 02/08/2023 1:22 pm EST
The battle over the government’s Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11, continued in the Senate’s Question Period Tuesday. Senator Leo Housakos, the chair of the Transport and Communications committee, claimed that the CBC is going to move to an all-digital format.
“How...
Unscripted series the wave of the future for streamers, CMPA conference hears
Media | 02/06/2023 1:31 pm EST
OTTAWA–Streaming is the way of the future, a panel told the Canadian...
UPDATED: Senate passes C-11; Rodriguez expects C-11 to become law next week
Media | 02/02/2023 7:17 pm EST
OTTAWA – The Senate officially adopted the Online Streaming Act, a year...
CNOC calls for fibre resale relief in TekSavvy complaint against Rogers-Quebecor divestiture arrangement
telecom | 02/01/2023 9:42 am EST
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has...
CRTC vice-chair broadcasting prioritizing public policy goals over financial implications of C-11
Media | 01/24/2023 6:19 pm EST
The purpose of the CRTC is to achieve policy...
CRTC lifts telecom ban on Lixo Toronto property
telecom | 01/13/2023 3:08 pm EST
The CRTC has lifted a prohibition on service to a Toronto multi-dwelling unit (MDU) owned by Lixo Investments Ltd. The case stems from a complaint lodged last June by Rogers Communications Inc., which was denied access to the building at 70 Yorkville Ave.
In a letter...
Gov. announces $1.2m in misinformation research funding
Internet and Governance | 01/11/2023 3:22 pm EST
The federal government Wednesday announced that the department of Canadian...
CRTC finds former Quebec-based wireless ISP in violation for failure to participate in CCTS
telecom | 01/10/2023 2:48 pm EST
A wireless internet service provider serving Outaouais, Que., was found to have contravened the Telecommunications Act...
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...
Quebec court orders Videotron reconnections
telecom | 12/22/2022 3:42 pm EST
The Superior Court of Quebec has ordered Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron to connect a number of different...
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...
Feds continue rollout of connectivity, Quebec achieves universality
telecom | 12/16/2022 1:20 pm EST
The federal government’s Innovation Science and Economic Development...
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...
Senate committee completes work on Bill C-11
telecom | 12/09/2022 5:15 pm EST
The Senate committee studying the Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11, officially completed its work after...
Indigenous Connectivity Summit calls for more inclusion in consultations
telecom | 12/07/2022 1:19 pm EST
Indigenous telecommunications stakeholders are calling on the government to incorporate them into its consultation requirements, and develop a participatory and inclusive...
Senators add audience interest in broadcasting act objectives which could ease discoverability concerns
telecom | 12/01/2022 1:40 pm EST
Senators voted to add a clause in Bill C-11, the...
CRTC must hold public hearings for interim exemption orders in Online News Act
telecom | 11/29/2022 7:02 pm EST
The House of Commons Heritage committee passed an amendment to the...
Senate votes against including financial, subscriber, thresholds in scope of Bill C-11
telecom | 11/29/2022 12:46 pm EST
The Senate committee currently engaged in a...
Tories slow down C-18 clause-by-clause consideration with amendments
Media | 11/22/2022 3:23 pm EST
The House of Commons’ Heritage Committee’s clause-by-clause review of...
Commercial MDU exclusivity deals, high riser management fees re-monopolizing telecom sector: Beanfield founder
telecom | 11/21/2022 5:25 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Beanfield Technologies Inc.’s founder and CEO Dan Armstrong said the CRTC is allowing the “re-monopolization of the telecommunications...
Libs, NDP, accuse Conservatives of running out the clock on C-18 clause-by-clause review
Media | 11/18/2022 5:11 pm EST
The first day of the House of Commons’ Heritage...
Arguments begin in NHL site-blocking case before Federal Court
Media | 11/10/2022 4:24 pm EST
Arguments began Thursday in a Federal Court case that would see pirated...
July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit drop
Media | 11/09/2022 5:24 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc.’s profit fell 24 per cent for the three months...
Heritage Committee hears final witnesses on Online News Act
Media | 11/04/2022 5:50 pm EDT
Canada’s Online News Act could serve as a template for countries around...
Xplore launching ultra-high density satellite in first half of 2023, expecting speeds of 100Mbps
telecom | 11/03/2022 4:04 pm EDT
Xplore Inc.’s residential and business customers...
Facebook denounces Online News Act as it finally appears at committee
Media | 10/28/2022 6:02 pm EDT
Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, came out swinging against...
Cogeco plotting next steps on MVNO: CEO
telecom | 10/28/2022 4:39 pm EDT
While Cogeco Inc. is pleased to finally see the terms and conditions of the MVNO framework from the CRTC,...
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...
Telecom sector surpasses 2020 investments and GDP, workforce, contributions: Report
telecom | 10/25/2022 2:02 pm EDT
Canada’s telecommunications sector contributed $4.3 billion more in direct GDP compared to 2020 and supported an extra 50,000 jobs, according to a new report.
Tuesday,...
Rodriguez, Scott, given rough ride on C-18 in appearance before Heritage committee
Internet and Governance | 10/21/2022 7:21 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and CRTC chair Ian Scott were...
CRTC should force Rogers to engage in dispute resolution: Building owner tells CRTC
telecom | 10/21/2022 3:10 pm EDT
A Toronto-building owner in dispute with Rogers Communications Inc. told...
CRTC will take over 2 years to determine scope of Bill C-11: ex-Vice Chairperson
Media | 10/20/2022 2:11 pm EDT
The former Vice Chairperson of the CRTC and a media company president...
Wholesale HSA service not needed in Far North; LEOs will do: Northwestel
telecom | 10/12/2022 4:59 pm EDT
There’s no need for BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to introduce wholesale...
Thomas makes heritage critic, Perkins moves to industry in CPC shadow cabinet shuffle
Media | 10/12/2022 2:51 pm EDT
New Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre revealed a revamped shadow cabinet on Wednesday, shuffling many MPs into new positions.
Alberta MP Rachael Thomas is the new...
Unregulated algorithms is “privatized discoverability regulations” not consumer choice, Senate hears
Media | 10/06/2022 6:22 pm EDT
The question over the place of algorithms and...
Pandemic has altered cybersecurity landscape: CIRA survey
telecom | 10/05/2022 4:29 pm EDT
Just over half of IT security professionals feel their organization in more...
Senator claims privilege over Digital First lobbying letter
Media | 10/05/2022 12:08 pm EDT
An Alberta Senator is claiming his privileges as a parliamentarian were...
Cabinet should not intervene in non-mandated service: Rogers
telecom | 10/03/2022 4:55 pm EDT
Rogers Communication Inc. is asking the federal government to reject City...
C-18 would harm trust in Canadian media: former CRTC chair; secrecy of deals harms trust: Tyee publisher
Internet and Governance | 09/27/2022 5:44 pm EDT
As the House of Commons Heritage committee Tuesday...
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...
Relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection chance for gov. to redeem itself: PIAC
telecom | 09/12/2022 3:58 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the...
CNOC takes issue with Shaw’s proposed costs for new 1.5 gigabit service
telecom | 09/07/2022 4:07 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada is taking issue with a costing...
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 of Canada's largest independent ISPs, Distributel Ltd., for an undisclosed number.
The deal, which is subject to approval by the Competition Bureau, is expected to...
CNOC displeased with Rogers’ secrecy in outage
telecom | 08/31/2022 4:58 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is calling on the CRTC to force Rogers Communications...
Senator hopes ‘nonpartisan’ committee study of C-11 will clear up ‘misinformation’ around Online Streaming Act
Internet and Governance | 08/30/2022 5:34 pm EDT
The Senate’s upcoming review of the Online...
Rogers disclosure on outage, CRTC process not good enough: PIAC
telecom | 08/26/2022 4:57 pm EDT
Again dissatisfied with the redactions in Rogers Communications Inc.'s...
Rogers answers CRTC request for information on July outage
telecom | 08/24/2022 5:44 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. filed a second response to a confidential Aug. 5...
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 Northwestel. According to an Aug. 17 letter to the incumbent telecom, there were service disruptions on Aug. 3 and 4.
The commission has a series of nine questions...
Britain and Australia provide example for internet ads, PIAC says
telecom | 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 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...
Bell, Rogers and TV creators triumph over pirates
Media | 08/03/2022 5:25 pm EDT
A consortium of broadcasters and rights-holders have won an opening salvo of a fight against a television...
City Wide is the victim of competition, not anti-competitive practice: Eastlink
telecom | 07/29/2022 4:44 pm EDT
City Wide Communications Inc.'s lack of growth in Nova Scotia is due to the...
Quebecor’s acquisition of VMedia exciting for competition says co-founder, CNOC
telecom | 07/28/2022 5:38 pm EDT
VMedia Inc. can expand its national footprint with...
Beanfield acquires Urbanfibre
telecom | 07/28/2022 3:52 pm EDT
Toronto network operator Beanfield Technologies Inc. has acquired another internet service provider, this...
After outage, Rogers vows to separate wireless and wireline networks; critics not impressed with CRTC response
Media | 07/25/2022 7:45 pm EDT
The July 8 nationwide Rogers Communications Inc....
Gov. announced 11 projects, with $2.4M funding, to combat disinformation
Internet and Governance | 07/21/2022 4:11 pm EDT
The ministers of Canadian Heritage and Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, announced more than $2.4 million in funding for projects to help Canadians...
After Rogers outage, Interac failure highlights need for more risk oversight, competition in payments space, observers say
telecom | 07/21/2022 4:03 pm EDT
On July 8, when Rogers Communications Inc.'s...
INDU to hold hearings into Rogers outage, CIRA backs full public hearing at CRTC
telecom | 07/15/2022 5:20 pm EDT
The House of Commons Industry committee will launch hearings into the...
CRTC demands answers on Rogers outage
telecom | 07/12/2022 4:57 pm EDT
In an uncommonly strongly worded letter, the CRTC has asked Rogers Communications Inc. to provide a broad...
Online harms panel finds diverging opinions on content removal for planned legislation
Internet and Governance | 07/08/2022 5:11 pm EDT
The removal of problematic content online remains...
City Wide appeals Eastlink POI decision at CRTC
telecom | 06/30/2022 5:51 pm EDT
City Wide Communications Inc. is appealing the CRTC's decision not to force Bragg Communications Inc. to move its third-party internet access to downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In a review and vary application filed with the regulator on June 23, City Wide argued that...
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...
NorthwesTel details NWT outage
telecom | 06/28/2022 5:10 pm EDT
In response to a CRTC request for information from BCE Inc.-subsidiary NorthwesTel, the company detailed...
ISED launches Phase 2 of Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
telecom | 06/22/2022 3:52 pm EDT
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
C-11 heads to Senate, over Conservative objections, after passing third reading in the House of Commons
Media | 06/21/2022 6:15 pm EDT
With the NDP and the Bloc Québécois supporting...
Tory MP takes second stab at bill mandating ISPs publicize service quality metrics
telecom | 06/17/2022 3:46 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier introduced a private members bill to the House...
Rogers, Telus, want CRTC to deny TekSavvy TPIA tariff changes
telecom | 06/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are asking the CRTC to deny a...
Intent of C-11 is to exclude digital creators: CRTC chair
Media | 06/01/2022 6:01 pm EDT
CRTC chair Ian Scott told the House of Commons Heritage Committee Tuesday...
Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws: privacy watchdogs
Media | 06/01/2022 5:48 pm EDT
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons violated national privacy law because...
C-11 will “hang over the system until Supreme Court has spoken” over jurisdiction: Palmer
Media | 05/31/2022 6:29 pm EDT
A former senior general counsel at the Department of Justice has told members of parliament studying the Online Streaming Act that the bill “lacks a foundation in Canadian...