Foreign ownership issue rears head at Heritage Committee
It shouldn’t likely come as any surprise that the contentious issue of foreign ownership in telecommunications and broadcasting was discussed at a recent hearing of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. On October 30, CRTC chair Charles Dalfen testified in front of the committee as part of its study of the commission’s mandate and priorities.

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A telecom lawyer known for living every day as if it could be his last was inducted into Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame in October. According to those who remember him, Ernie Saunders well deserves the distinction.

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Penetration of both cable and DSL in Canadian households has grown considerably since they were first introduced, but both technologies appear to be reaching a saturation point, according to new research from Maravedis.

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Saying that "we don’t want to be a savings bank for the competitors," Telus Corp. is asking the CRTC to review three of its decisions regarding the rates Telus charges to competitors for certain wholesale services.

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The head of marketing at Vonage Canada says the company is aware that some calls to federal government toll-free numbers aren’t going through and the VoIP provider is working diligently to fix the problem with its network architecture.

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The Canadian Association of VoIP Providers (CAVP) is considering its next steps in convincing the CRTC to redefine what constitutes a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC). Under current rules, VoIP providers are essentially resellers and they find themselves in regulatory hinterland – not regulated directly by the commission but rather indirectly through regulation of local exchange carriers (LECs).

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