CWTA starting 5G group

A new group focusing on 5G technology in Canada held its first meeting Wednesday.

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Deny TerreStar ask for more spectrum, telecoms tell ISED

TerreStar Solutions Inc. is asking Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada to hand it more spectrum so it can effectively deploy its current AWS-4 holdings and begin work on a new national fixed wireless and satellite service, a request that some telecoms say would rob other players of an opportunity at the spectrum.

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Little mention of telecom in B.C. gov’t mandate letters

Though included in its platform, the mandate letters for the cabinet ministers of British Columbia’s new NDP government don’t place improving digital infrastructure in the province on their list of priorities.

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Gov’t awards $13.2M contract for mobile satellite comms

The federal government will spend $13.2 million on mobile satellite telecom equipment that it says will improve communication for public servants working abroad or in remote locations.

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Telus offering communication service for doctors

Telus Corp. said Wednesday it has launched a service that allows doctors to communicate with each other and share electronic health records.

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Bell providing customers energy management through IoT

Business customers of BCE Inc.’s network will be able to use an energy management tool from Twenty First Century Utilities LLC’s GridPoint, after the two companies agreed to a partnership on Tuesday.

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Sam Sebastian leaves Google Canada, joins Pelmorex

The managing director of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada, Sam Sebastian, has left the company and will be replaced on an interim basis by managing director of integrated solutions Sabrina Geremia, the company has confirmed.

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Scheer backs Que. calls for roadside wireless coverage

Opposition leader Andrew Scheer has added his voice to a campaign in Quebec to improve wireless phone coverage along a rural stretch of highway.

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Mail-order antenna business guilty of false claims

The Competition Bureau has closed the book on an investigation after 15 years, concluding that the man behind a now-defunct mail-order business selling “a so-called TV antenna” was guilty of making false claims.

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Wawatay files appeal over radio licence decision

Wawatay Native Communications Society has submitted a formal petition to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly seeking to overturn a June decision by the CRTC that handed out licences for Indigenous radio stations.

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