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Lack of clear CRTC industry data is an obstacle: small ISPs

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has filed a complaint with the CRTC flagging a concern that the regulator’s latest data report doesn’t provide a clear picture of the industry, which could make it more difficult for ISPs to present accurate info in future proceedings and to the panel reviewing Canada’s communications laws, according to companies and an academic.

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ITPA pitches ‘sustainability component’ for rural broadband programs

The government should create a “sustainability component” to rural broadband funding projects so they don’t dwindle in quality or eventually fail, according to an association representing independent rural incumbent local telephone businesses.

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Stick to hexagons for broadband fund, PIAC and telecoms tell CRTC

An application to relax eligibility requirements for the CRTC’s $750-million rural broadband fund is drawing support from a number of rural municipalities and opposition from telecoms, while a consumer group says keeping the original criteria would help target areas that need help the most.

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CRTC sets 5 ms threshold for ‘jitter’ in basic service standard

The CRTC has finally set a threshold for a metric it said will improve the quality of service (QoS) for applications reliant on the rapid transmission of data.

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Financial hit of a Huawei 5G ban likely ‘non-material’ to Bell, Telus: Desjardins

If the Canadian government eventually decides to ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from Canada’s 5G networks, the financial consequences suffered by Canada’s big telecom companies would likely be negligible, according to a Desjardins analyst.

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Language representation at CRTC raised to Yale panel

Better representation at the CRTC of official language minority communities is a concern a number of francophone groups have raised to the panel reviewing Canada’s communications framework.

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Bell urged Bains not to send back MVNO decision a second time

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains weighed sending back the CRTC’s decision not to mandate wholesale access by WiFi-based mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) for a second time, according to a letter from BCE Inc.

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OPC’s deindexing position ‘indirect attack’ on CBC, lawyer says

OTTAWA — A lawyer for CBC/Radio-Canada who is asking the Federal Court to allow it to intervene in a case that could determine if the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) can order search engines to delist results said allowing deindexing would harm the public broadcaster’s ability to educate the public.

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Trish Williams joins CBC

Trish Williams is moving from Temple Street Productions to CBC/Radio-Canada, where she will be CBC’s new executive director of scripted content.

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Rogers challenged disclosure motions after SCC ruling: court docs

Rogers Communications Inc. said it was surprised to see two motions for disclosure of subscriber information filed by two movie studios late last year and challenged them because they did not include how it would be compensated for retrieving the information, according to court documents.

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