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Quebecor launches Freedom’s first nationwide plan

telecom | 05/25/2023 4:05 pm EDT

In its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has announced a nationwide mobile plan.  The $50 plan includes unlimited calls and text messages and 40 GB of data anywhere in Canada or the United States. The company...

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...

Federal Court and Competition Tribunal didn’t understand Rogers-Shaw merger: Prof

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 4:33 pm EDT

OTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...

Rogers reports strong first quarter of 2023

Media | 04/26/2023 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. released its first quarterly report since it was granted approval to take over...

Ex-minister Navdeep Bains joins Rogers c-suite

Media | 04/20/2023 5:14 pm EDT

Former Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate...

Public interest groups call for shored up Broadcasting Participation Fund

Media | 04/17/2023 5:08 pm EDT

A group of six consumer and public advocacy organizations is asking the CRTC to step in to restructure a Rogers Communications Inc. payment to...

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 Communications Inc. The deal closed Monday, the same day that Shaw divested itself of Freedom Mobile, which it sold to Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron subsidiary. “Rogers...

UPDATED: Champagne blesses Rogers-Shaw wedding; critics bemoan ‘dark day’

telecom | 03/31/2023 9:11 am EDT

OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...

ACTRA boycotts Rogers and other firms over non-union commercials

Media | 03/28/2023 4:09 pm EDT

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is...

CRTC finds Rogers in the wrong in OneSoccer carriage dispute

telecom | 03/23/2023 5:27 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. has given an undue preference to itself by...

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...

Competition Bureau releases recommendations for changes to law

Internet and Governance | 03/15/2023 5:24 pm EDT

The Competition Bureau Wednesday released its recommendations regarding...

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...

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...

B.C. wants CRTC to reverse directives on relocation costs

telecom | 03/01/2023 5:54 pm EST

British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...

Shaw defends off-tariff agreements, Telus calls for review in TekSavvy complaint 

telecom | 02/23/2023 12:11 pm EST

Shaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement...

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...

Deadline for Shaw-Videotron deal extended, yet again

telecom | 02/17/2023 1:27 pm EST

For the fourth time, the deadline for the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

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 government toward Indigenous sovereignty over spectrum covering Indigenous territories as part of their responses to a recent...

Champagne plays coy on Rogers-Shaw announcement, vows lower prices

Media | 02/14/2023 12:29 pm EST

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says...

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...

Rogers will be able to compete in a four-player market: Staffieri to investors

Media | 02/02/2023 4:43 pm EST

Rogers Communications Inc. will not need more financing from the capital...

Rogers, Shaw, and Quebecor extend their deadline once again

telecom | 01/30/2023 4:02 pm EST

The three companies at the center of one of the biggest mergers in Canadian...

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST

All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...

Updated: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Competition Bureau case

Media | 01/24/2023 3:08 pm EST

Tuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the...

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 chair Vicky Eatrides who will be making it her top priority to modernize the commission’s internet framework as it has not...

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...

Rogers Communications Announces the Passing of Alan Horn

Media | 01/17/2023 5:10 pm EST

Rogers Communications Inc. announced late-Monday night the passing of...

CRTC approves interim rates for Rogers 1.5 Gbps aggregated TPIA service speed

telecom | 01/04/2023 4:54 pm EST

The CRTC approved, on an interim basis, a monthly rate of $49.06 for Rogers...

Competition Bureau undercuts its own case, National Bank analyst maintains

Media | 12/21/2022 3:25 pm EST

As spectators await the release of a decision in the takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc. from the Competition Tribunal, one industry analyst is...

CRTC’s regulatory policy plays central role in Rogers-Shaw closing arguments

Media | 12/16/2022 9:47 am EST

In the drama that has unfolded in front of the Competition Tribunal over...

Heritage committee finishes clause-by-clause study of C-18

Media | 12/09/2022 5:03 pm EST

The House of Commons Committee on Canadian Heritage finished...

Rogers presents experts as Tribunal hearings edge toward end

telecom | 12/02/2022 2:54 pm EST

A retired Queen's University economics professor believes that the CRTC has...

Keep CanCon requirements for Rogers community radio, FRPC tells CRTC

telecom | 12/01/2022 9:35 am EST

The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) told the...

Videotron more effective owner of Freedom than Shaw, expert testifies

telecom | 11/29/2022 2:38 pm EST

An expert witness for Shaw Communications Inc. took issue Monday with...

Rogers-Shaw integration should be completed within three years, Tribunal told

telecom | 11/25/2022 12:10 pm EST

The integration of Shaw Communications Inc. properties into the network of...

‘Extremely difficult’ to sell to Rogers, Brad Shaw tells Tribunal

telecom | 11/24/2022 11:13 am EST

Shaw Communications Inc. CEO Brad Shaw told the Competition Tribunal...

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 companies and sports broadcasters.  In a court order issued Monday, Justice Jocelyne Gagné granted BCE Inc.,  Rogers Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. and...

Videotron takeover of Freedom “dream scenario”, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/22/2022 7:46 am EST

The takeover of Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile unit by...

Gov. seeking comments in review of Competition Act

telecom | 11/17/2022 11:14 am EST

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Thursday that the government is seeking...

Freedom stronger under Shaw than Videotron, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/16/2022 1:26 pm EST

Freedom Mobile is less likely to be a strong national player under Quebecor Inc. than it was under Shaw Communications Inc. control, an economics professor told the Competition Tribunal Tuesday. Nathan Miller of Georgetown University was testifying in opposition to the...

Rogers-Shaw Tribunal hearings reveal the extent of Telus efforts to block merger

Media | 11/14/2022 5:59 pm EST

The second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not...

July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit drop

telecom | 11/09/2022 5:24 pm EST

Rogers Communications Inc.’s profit fell 24 per cent for the three months...

Freedom Mobile sales hurt by merger uncertainty, dealer says

Media | 11/09/2022 10:52 am EST

Service and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile...

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...

Eyes turn to tribunal hearing as mediation fails in Rogers-Shaw merger

telecom | 10/28/2022 3:05 pm EDT

Two events this past week – Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne's press conference on Tuesday and the apparent collapse Thursday of mediation talks between the...

Champagne announcement may signal eagerness to approve Rogers-Shaw deal: analysts

Media | 10/26/2022 2:56 pm EDT

Financial analysts reacting to Tuesday's announcement from Innovation...

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...

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...

Rogers, Shaw, accused of fishing expedition over Bell, Telus, subpoenas

Media | 10/20/2022 12:37 pm EDT

Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. of abusing the legal process by asking them to turn over large volumes of...

Rogers found to have violated PIPEDA through voiceprint program

telecom | 10/07/2022 3:49 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. violated a customer’s privacy by not deleting...

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...

CRTC orders proceeding into Rogers BDU dispute

telecom | 10/03/2022 4:51 pm EDT

A long-simmering dispute between Rogers Communications Inc. and Toronto developer Lixo Developments Ltd....

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...

Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada

telecom | 09/26/2022 5:27 pm EDT

Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc on Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec last...

Rogers gets details on how Quebecor-Freedom deal harms competition

telecom | 09/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT

The Competition Bureau responded Monday to Rogers Communications Inc.’s...

Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition

Media | 09/09/2022 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell...

OneSoccer has “limited appeal” to Canadians, Rogers tells CRTC in carriage dispute

Media | 09/09/2022 3:36 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that Timeless Inc.’s OneSoccer is niche and unappealing to Canadians, therefore, Rogers’ refusal to carry the sports...

CRTC to arbitrate Rogers dispute over Family Channel

Media | 09/08/2022 4:50 pm EDT

In a Sept. 6 letter, the CRTC has accepted a request from Rogers Communications Inc. for final offer...

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...

Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw deal

telecom | 09/01/2022 5:12 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. has more time to close its acquisition deal with...

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...

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 public filings to the CRTC regarding the company's massive July 8 outage, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre has again asked the CRTC to mandate greater disclosure from the incumbent telecom company. ...

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 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...

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...

Quebecor inks agreement to buy Shaw’s Freedom Mobile

telecom | 08/12/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc....

CRTC seeks to confirm Rogers-Shaw deal on cable lines

telecom | 08/12/2022 2:30 pm EDT

The CRTC is asking Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to confirm that they have...

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...

OneSoccer demands carriage on Rogers

telecom | 08/10/2022 4:22 pm EDT

An independent soccer channel is petitioning the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to carry its programming on the telecom giant’s cable network. Timeless Inc., parent company of OneSoccer channel, has filed a seven-page document with the commission. Currently, only...

PIAC, CNOC detail disclosure request on Rogers outage 

telecom | 08/08/2022 6:54 pm EDT

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to mandate that...

VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP

Media | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...

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...

Rogers profit soars based off roaming and subscriber adds in second quarter

Media | 07/27/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. reported a soaring profit margin for the...

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. outage that was described as both "unprecedented" by Rogers executives and "unacceptable" by a senior government minister will...

Rogers appoints new CTO weeks after national outage

telecom | 07/21/2022 12:52 pm EDT

Rogers Communication Inc. has appointed Ron McKenzie, the company’s former president of Rogers for...

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...

Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage

telecom | 07/11/2022 5:55 pm EDT

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...

Quebecor wants to make its case for Freedom divestiture to Competition Tribunal

telecom | 07/08/2022 2:15 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to...

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 available for in-footprint coverage gaps, arguing that the order is harming competition by mandating Bell, Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. to make the revised changes in its wholesale...