TORONTO—The CRTC will hold a proceeding to look at whether incumbent Internet service providers should be required to give smaller competitors wholesale access to their fibre-to-the-home networks, CRTC Chair Jean-Pierre Blais said.
Paradis delays auction, says no set aside spectrum transfers to incumbents
OTTAWA, TORONTO—Industry Canada will block Telus Corp.'s proposed deal for Dave Wireless Inc.’s mobile spectrum, as well as any other proposal from an incumbent to acquire wireless frequencies set aside for new entrants, and will delay the department’s 700 MHz spectrum auction until early next year, Industry Minister Christian Paradis said.
Paradis to make telecom announcement Tuesday
Glick moving to Google’s California office
Apple signs radio service deals: report
Schouela joins Blue Ant as VP marketing, comms
Wireless created $20.7b in 2011 GDP: report
BlackBerry’s QNX system in 60% of new connected cars
Machine-to-machine communications will become more important in the mobile wireless sector as the QNX operating system, the foundation of BlackBerry’s new BB10 operating system, is in 60 per cent of new, connected smart cars, said Alec Saunders, the company’s vice-president of developer relations.
Wireless code could replace four-carrier policy: analyst
The federal government should let the CRTC’s wireless code of conduct regulate the mobile wireless sector and back away from its policy objective of ensuring four competing carriers in each region of the country, Scotia Capital analyst Jeff Fan said.
CRTC says consumers can cancel wireless contracts after two years, no fees
Canadian wireless consumers can cancel long-term wireless contracts with mobile phone providers after two years without any cancellation fees, the CRTC said in new wireless code of conduct regulations, which is expected to mean the end of three-year mobile contracts.