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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 opponents of the pending merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc.
“It's going to wind up like an albatross -- an albatross around one’s...
UPDATED: Rogers comes out victorious in competition challenge over Shaw buyout
Media | 12/30/2022 12:34 am EST
Canada’s Competition Tribunal is dismissing the Commissioner of Competition’s application to block Rogers Communications Inc.’s takeover of Shaw Communications Inc....
Vicky Eatrides appointed new CRTC chair; consumer advocates pleased
Media | 12/19/2022 4:08 pm EST
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez Monday morning announced the...
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...
Jesse Wente proposes amendments to bring C-11 in line with UNDRIP
Media | 11/15/2022 5:30 pm EST
Indigenous broadcasting stakeholders proposed amendments to the Online...
Spectrum Unceded: How Indigenous people are Fighting for Digital Sovereignty in a Wireless World
Media | 09/30/2022 9:48 am EDT
by Jenna Cocullo
At the frontier of the future...
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...
BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks
telecom | 05/19/2022 5:12 pm EDT
The federal government Thursday announced that it would be banning equipment from "high risk vendors",...
For Indigenous media, C-18 “totally useless” and C-11 needs more: Dadan Sivunivut CEO
Media | 05/18/2022 5:30 pm EDT
Former APTN and current Dadan Sivunivut CEO has...
UPDATED: Cabinet upholds CRTC MVNO decision; petitioner calls it an “easter egg” for Big Three
Media | 04/14/2022 3:03 pm EDT
The cabinet has declined to overturn or send back...
OPC not consulted, privacy experts concerned on cell phone border search bill
telecom | 04/13/2022 5:44 pm EDT
A new Government-backed Senate bill now seeks to establish a new framework...
UPDATED: CRTC approves Rogers-Shaw broadcasting acquisition
Media | 03/24/2022 4:33 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved Rogers Communications Inc.'s acquisition of Shaw...
Gov. to ask CRTC to stop RT broadcasts over Ukraine invasion
Media | 02/28/2022 6:11 pm EST
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday afternoon that the...
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...
Scott must recuse himself from all proceedings involving wholesale-incumbent relations: CNOC
telecom | 02/03/2022 6:34 pm EST
The trade group Competitive Network Operators of...
Edward Rogers “takes no joy” in B.C. court decision, keeping Natale around after CEO offered millions in severance
Media | 11/05/2021 5:31 pm EDT
Formerly ousted and now-reinstated Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) chairman plans to keep CEO and president Joe Natale in his position, after a Supreme Court of British...
UPDATED: Board can’t change “at the stroke of a pen”: RCI
Media | 11/01/2021 5:25 pm EDT
Lawyers for Edward Rogers are arguing that the recently ousted chairman of...
Singh says he’ll oppose Rogers-Shaw merger
Media | 09/10/2021 2:46 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the first party leader to explicitly oppose the proposed acquisition of Shaw...
Lower your prices or else, Trudeau tells big telecom at debate
Media | 09/09/2021 11:22 am EDT
GATINEAU, Que. -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Canada’s...
Conservatives would reject mergers impacting competition: O’Toole
telecom | 09/07/2021 5:14 pm EDT
Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole said during a press conference on...
Broadband blues: the UBF and its discontents
telecom | 09/03/2021 5:50 pm EDT
With a federal election called for Sept. 20, parties have pledged to make Canadians’ lives better in a myriad of ways, including by connecting rural and remote communities to quality internet. The government has had a vision for increased connectivity for years, even...
Liberals promise to pressure spectrum-holders to connect rural and remote communities
Media | 09/01/2021 5:20 pm EDT
If re-elected come Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau’s...
Bell seeks to block Quebecor set-aside 3,500 MHz purchases
telecom | 08/27/2021 2:26 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is going to court to stop Quebecor Inc. from purchasing valuable...
The Wire Report’s guide to the 2021 federal election
Media | 08/17/2021 2:35 pm EDT
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally called Sunday for a...
BREAKING: 3500 MHz auction nets $8.9B, $7.3B from incumbents
telecom | 07/29/2021 6:04 pm EDT
Canadian telecom companies -- and wireless service hopefuls -- have spent...
CRTC’s fibre wire access decision ‘nail after nail after nail in the coffin of competition’: CNOC
telecom | 07/28/2021 7:42 pm EDT
The CRTC’s decision against mandating access to...
CNOC petitions gov on wholesale rates
telecom | 07/15/2021 5:42 pm EDT
Fed up with the CRTC's May decision to overturn its 2019 decision on wholesale internet access rates, the...
Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever ‘dynamic’ site-blocking order
Media | 07/08/2021 6:22 pm EDT
Nearly six weeks after a Federal Court of Appeal upheld Canada's first-ever...
TekSavvy seeks permission to appeal CRTC rates decision, CNOC asks for public support
telecom | 06/29/2021 7:06 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is asking the Federal...
TekSavvy adds evidence of ‘bias’ to its petition to cabinet
telecom | 06/24/2021 5:16 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has provided the Liberal Government with what it says is "clear evidence" of CRTC chair Ian Scott's bias, and doubled down on calls for the government...
3500 MHz auction finally launches; valuable mid-band spectrum to come with new deployment requirements
Media | 06/15/2021 6:30 pm EDT
Bidding opened Tuesday morning in what will be a...
Conservative MP introduces bill compelling ISPs to publicize service quality metrics
Media | 06/03/2021 5:37 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier has introduced a private member’s bill that...
Wholesale rates decision signals shift at CRTC: wholesale ISPs, analysts
Media | 05/28/2021 6:11 pm EDT
As reaction continues to pour in following the CRTC's Thursday decision to...
UPDATED: CRTC reverts wholesale access rates to interim 2016 levels
telecom | 05/27/2021 4:00 pm EDT
The CRTC Thursday announced that it is setting permanent rates for...
GoldTV blocking order survives TekSavvy appeal
Media | 05/26/2021 6:41 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed Canada's first-ever site-blocking court order to stand, dismissing an appeal of the order from TekSavvy Solutions Inc.
In a Wednesday decision, Justice George Locke, writing on behalf of the three-judge panel, said that he was not...
Telus appeals seamless roaming in CRTC’s wireless review decision
telecom | 05/14/2021 6:54 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is seeking permission to appeal two provisions of the CRTC's April decision flowing from the commission's wireless review. While Telus is not seeking to appeal the central decision of...
Quebecor “pleased” with CRTC MVNO decision
telecom | 05/13/2021 6:10 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau added his voice to a chorus of...
CRTC’s MVNO decision reflects ‘right mentality’ on facilities-based competition and rates: Telus CEO
telecom | 05/07/2021 5:36 pm EDT
Echoing his counterparts at BCE Inc. and Rogers...
Data on Tap asks Trudeau gov. to review MVNO decision
telecom | 05/04/2021 6:14 pm EDT
Data on Tap Inc., one of the country's hopeful mobile virtual network operators, has filed a petition to the governor in council, asking the government of Justin Trudeau to review the April decision of the CRTC to only mandate...
Rogers finds MVNO decision “helpful”, reports slight increase in profits
telecom | 04/21/2021 5:05 pm EDT
For Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale,...
UPDATED – CRTC rejects broad MVNO model, will mandate limited access for regional players
telecom | 04/15/2021 4:01 pm EDT
Incumbent telecom companies will be required to...
Efficiencies defense is a ‘serious’ exercise of discretion: competition comish
telecom | 04/07/2021 7:28 pm EDT
Allowing a merger to proceed on the basis of the...
Without an MVNO mandate, Shaw must divest its spectrum: CNOC
telecom | 04/06/2021 6:07 pm EDT
Without a regime for mandated access for mobile virtual network operators...
Quebecor would buy Freedom, but only with spectrum: PKP
telecom | 03/31/2021 6:21 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has indicated that, should the Competition Bureau force Rogers Communications Inc. to spin-off Shaw Communications Inc.'s wireless assets as part of its regulatory approval of the Rogers-Shaw merger, Quebecor would be open to purchasing it, provided it came...
Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee
telecom | 03/29/2021 7:40 pm EDT
On the opening day Monday of hearings into Roger's proposed acquisition of...
Regulatory approval of Rogers-Shaw deal will hinge on wireless: Execs, analysts
Media | 03/15/2021 8:30 am EDT
From the perspective of Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale,...
Focus turns back to CRTC as SCC rejects incumbent wholesale challenge
telecom | 02/25/2021 5:46 pm EST
As the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an incumbent challenge to an...
As he steps down, Bains says telecom affordability ‘won’t go away’
Media | 01/12/2021 7:58 am EST
The affordability-focused initiatives Navdeep Bains put in place will...
Federal gov’t looking to expand emergency alerts to online platforms, devices
telecom | 11/25/2020 10:42 am EST
As Canadian emergency management authorities hold their regular test of the public emergency alerting system Wednesday, the federal government is exploring how to extend those...
Incumbents appeal CRTC wholesale rates at Supreme Court
telecom | 11/12/2020 4:56 pm EST
Both BCE Inc. and large cable companies have turned to the Supreme Court...
CRTC to have ‘roughly nine months’ to act on Broadcasting Act update
Media | 11/03/2020 11:11 am EST
The Liberal government’s long-awaited update to the Broadcasting Act...
Private sector interest in Infrastructure Bank broadband funds ‘limited,’ PCO told
telecom | 10/16/2020 2:39 pm EDT
The federal government was told telecom companies...
Liberals’ wireless price drop unlikely to achieve promised savings: gov’t docs
telecom | 10/15/2020 2:50 pm EDT
The Liberals' election commitment to drop wireless prices 25 per cent will...
CBC putting branded content initiative on ‘pause’
Media | 10/07/2020 11:08 am EDT
The branded content initiative launched by CBC/Radio-Canada last month has been put on hiatus while the...
Federal Court dismisses incumbents’ wholesale rates appeal
telecom | 09/10/2020 10:55 am EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Thursday the large telecom...
Bell applies for indefinite extension of AI call blocking scheme
telecom | 09/04/2020 4:37 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has applied to the CRTC for an interim extension of its “very...
Cabinet says CRTC wholesale rates too low, may harm investment
telecom | 08/15/2020 9:06 am EDT
The Liberal government has sided with Canada’s largest telecoms in their...
UPDATED: OPC now says it supports COVID-19 tracing app
Media | 07/31/2020 8:52 am EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has cleared up uncertainty about whether it had approved the federal government launching its contact-tracing COVID-19 app Friday, issuing a statement saying it supports the use of the app.
“The federal and Ontario regulators...
Even as Bell removes its gear, Bell, Telus say Huawei still in play for 5G
telecom | 06/19/2020 11:42 am EDT
Both Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. still won’t rule out partnering with Huawei...
Privacy commissioner hasn’t approved new gov’t contact tracing app
telecom | 06/18/2020 3:48 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that in developing the federal...
Gov’t to introduce web giant, CanCon, news legislation in fall: Guilbeault
Media | 06/16/2020 3:00 pm EDT
Legislation modernizing Canada’s Broadcasting Act is “pretty much...
Questions remain about Huawei gear as Bell, Telus pick Ericsson, Nokia
telecom | 06/02/2020 6:03 pm EDT
On Tuesday, BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. announced new partnerships with...
‘Public outreach’ needed for ‘progress’ on encryption backdoors: gov’t doc
telecom | 05/26/2020 11:42 am EDT
In order to make “progress” on the issue of access to encrypted communications, the federal government will have to reach out to the public and try to bring stakeholders...
Federal government to accelerate rural broadband funds: Monsef
telecom | 04/29/2020 3:49 pm EDT
The federal government will speed up its rural broadband funding in...
Canadian authorities in talks about COVID-19 tracking apps
telecom | 03/31/2020 5:54 pm EDT
Several of Canada’s cities and provinces, as well as the federal...
Canada could track COVID-19 through cellphones: experts
telecom | 03/20/2020 3:25 pm EDT
As reports emerge of countries around the world using cellphone location...
Gov’t 25% price reduction to target big three flanker brands
telecom | 03/05/2020 4:00 pm EST
The federal government will focus on 2 GB to 6 GB post-paid plans from...
CRTC chair, commish toured Rogers’ ‘piracy lab’
Media | 03/02/2020 1:23 pm EST
As part of their ongoing effort to fight content piracy, two of Canada’s largest media and telecom...
CRTC should regulate foreign digital services, news sites: BTLR
Media | 01/29/2020 12:00 pm EST
The blue-ribbon panel tasked with modernizing Canada’s communications...
‘Clock ticking’ on new content rules for web giants, Guilbeault says
Media | 01/13/2020 2:30 pm EST
The Liberal government's minority mandate means it will have to move fast...
Court docs detail expansion of Canadian website-blocking order
Media | 01/08/2020 4:58 pm EST
Fresh documents are shedding light on how Canada’s first piracy case...
Telesat hires new CFO
telecom | 12/12/2019 3:40 pm EST
Satellite service provider Telesat Holdings Inc. has named Andrew Browne as its new chief financial officer on Thursday, following the retirement of Michel Cayouette.
Browne has financial experience in the satellite industry going as far back as at least 1995, according to a press release. That includes executive positions at SES most recently, as well as previously-held positions at O3b Networks, Intelsat, and New Skies Satellites, where he worked alongside Telesat’s current CEO, Dan Goldberg.
“His vast...
Telus warned gov’t of Huawei ban’s ‘far-reaching impacts’: secret docs
telecom | 08/27/2019 3:18 pm EDT
Telus Corp. told the federal government that prohibiting Huawei...
ISED missed internal CTI deadline despite ‘considerable pressure’: docs
telecom | 06/24/2019 5:40 pm EDT
The federal government failed to meet an internal goal by which it aimed to...
Bell asked gov’t to ban some VPNs: documents
Media | 01/23/2019 4:40 pm EST
BCE Inc. urged the federal government to make virtual private networks (VPNs) used to circumvent...