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Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: Bains

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains called reports of internet service price hikes by two large telecoms “concerning” on social media Friday.

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CRTC starts next steps on disaggregated regime expansion

The CRTC is asking telecoms to provide information about demand for high-speed internet as the next step toward implementing the disaggregated wholesale regime in regions outside Ontario and Quebec.

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Equustek case back in B.C. court over internet jurisdiction

A British Columbia court will not delay hearing a challenge brought by Alphabet Inc. against a worldwide search result ban a previous court ordered, in a case that law professor Michael Geist says could have implications for how the courts deal with jurisdiction issues when it comes to the internet.

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CRTC approves Jamaican, Portuguese channels for distribution

The CRTC has approved applications by Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. to add five new channels to the commission’s list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution.

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Bell expands Lucky Mobile to Manitoba, Sask.

BCE Inc.’s low-cost prepaid brand Lucky Mobile is now available in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the company said in a press release Monday.

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Anglophone TV subs down slightly to 73%: MTM

The percentage of anglophones subscribing to TV service fell to 73 per cent in 2017 from 75 per cent a year earlier, according to the latest numbers from CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM) project.

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More emphasis on transparency needed in PIPEDA: professor

OTTAWA — Any amendments to Canada’s privacy law for the private sector should include measures to enhance transparency, which include the privacy commissioner naming bad actors in investigations and mandating organizations report details of personal information being disclosed to law enforcement without consent, a University of Ottawa law professor is arguing.

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Jean-Pierre Blais new assistant deputy minister at PSPC

The former chairman of the CRTC, Jean-Pierre Blais, is staying in the federal public service following his time at the head of the commission.

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OPC says it’s ‘at a loss’ over exclusion from CSE oversight

The privacy commissioner is calling for his office to be included in Bill C-59’s new review process for the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), according to a written submission.

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CRTC still eyeing April start date for wireless alerts

In a decision on Thursday, the CRTC has said that while the launch of Canada’s upcoming wireless public alerting (WPA) system has yet to be announced, it intends for the start date to be the beginning of April.

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