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Privacy czar calls for greater powers on telecom data sharing

Interim Privacy Commissioner Chantal Bernier said Tuesday that new legislation is needed to compel Canada’s telecom companies to disclose when they hand over subscribers’ private information to other parties, including government agencies, without a warrant.

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Carriers make case for getting ringtone money back

Mobile carriers have filed a memorandum in Federal Court late last week that makes the case for why they want $12 million back from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) in relation to tariffs paid for downloaded ringtones between 2006 and 2012.

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CTV launches online platform for digital series

BCE Inc.’s CTV network is launching an online platform for digital series, the company’s media division said in a release Tuesday.

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Matt Stein named Distributel’s new CEO

Independent Internet service provider Distributel announced Tuesday that Matt Stein is taking over as the company’s new CEO.

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Parks Canada looking for WiFi providers

Parks Canada has issued a public tender for suppliers of equipment and service to provide WiFi access to visitors of national parks and historic sites.

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Quebecor’s Robert Dépatie steps down, citing health

Robert Dépatie, the president and CEO of Quebecor Inc. who succeeded Pierre Karl Péladeau when the media mogul stepped down in March 2013, is resigning his position due to health reasons, the company said in a press release.

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Usage-based insurance marks beginning of M2M changes

For many Canadians, signing up for insurance that monitors the way they drive is the first direct interaction they will have with machine-to-machine communications (M2M).

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‘Mobile TV is a broadcasting service’: Bell

In defending their practice of charging rates separate from regular data charges for mobile-TV service, both Rogers Communications Ltd. and Quebecor Inc., in written submissions to the CRTC, talked about being in the early stages of trying to develop a market for this kind of service.

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Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition closes

Microsoft Corp. announced in a press release Friday that it has completed the acquisition of the Nokia Corp.’s devices and services business.

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Two-tier Internet would face ‘tough regulatory road’ in Canada: Geist

Canada’s net neutrality rules could provide a “competitive advantage for Internet companies seeking a market without paid prioritization,” Michael Geist, Canada research chair in Internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa, said in a blog post.

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