Videotron proposes middle-ground spectrum rules

Videotron Ltd. is calling for a limited spectrum cap without set asides in the upcoming 700 MHz auction.

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Investors like business risks, but ‘despise’ regulatory uncertainty, Lacavera says

TORONTO—Regulatory uncertainty could interfere with Industry Canada‘s upcoming spectrum auctions if foreign investors feel they have to take a chance in an “ambiguous” Canadian market, Globalive Wireless Management Corp. chairman Anthony Lacavera said Thursday.

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Competition for deferral account funds would create delays, Bell says

Bell Canada is opposing Rogers Communications Inc.‘s petition to cabinet to overturn a CRTC decision on the use of deferral accounts, arguing that implementing a new, competitive bidding process for the rollout of rural broadband would create delays.

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Conventional television sector out of the red: CRTC

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Rogers investing $80 million in Maritimes wireless

Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday an investment of $80 million in its mobile wireless network in the Maritimes.

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‘Everybody knows, nobody can regulate the Internet,’ von Finckenstein says

TORONTO–CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein said Wednesday that he doesn’t know whether over-the-top services represent “the globalization of broadcasting” but acknowledged that nobody can regulate the Internet.

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Bell, Rogers, Telus, Globalive, Videotron, and PIAC butt heads on telecom

TORONTO–The new minister of industry may have had his telecom industry coming-out party Tuesday when he spoke at the Canadian Telecom Summit, but Wednesday’s regulatory panel would have provided a rousing introduction to the issues Christian Paradis has inherited in his new role.

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Connectivity, consolidation, convergence creating new privacy threats

TORONTO–An era of increased connectivity, technological convergence and media consolidation represents something of a triple threat to the private information of citizens and companies, Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart suggested Wednesday.

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Australian national digital strategy raises questions about Canada’s place in the digital economy, experts say

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Canada passes U.S. in smartphone penetration in March

Canada’s smartphone penetration reached 32.8 per cent in March 2011, slightly higher than that of the United States, ComScore Inc. said in new data Wednesday.

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