All Canadian households will have 50/10 speeds by 2030: Morneau

OTTAWA The Liberal government is announcing $1.7 billion in new rural broadband funding over the next 13 years, aimed at closing the speed gap between rural and urban Canada.

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Dozens of MP’s online accounts appeared in data breaches

Nearly a hundred emails for members of parliament — among them eight direct-to-MP emails — have been recorded in various data breaches dating back years, an analysis done by the Wire Report revealed.

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Facebook forms team for advice on ad registry

Facebook Inc. will solicit the advice of an advisory group as part of its effort to ensure its ad registry captures key issues leading to the 2019 federal election.

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Rural broadband, new tax rules among industry pre-budget asks

As the Liberal government unveils its last budget before the upcoming federal election, companies and industry groups will be watching to see if this is the year they’re finally granted some of the requests they’ve been making for years.

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TekSavvy to lobby feds on speed caps in disaggregated regime

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has hired a new consultant lobbyist to raise awareness on Parliament Hill about internet speed caps wrought by the disaggregated regime that small providers say will hinder their ability to compete.

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Ottawa bans white space tech from parts of 600 MHz band

Fixed ‘white space’ devices will be permitted to operate on 60-72 MHz spectrum, but they will be banned from 600 MHz commercial mobile bands, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced in a decision Thursday.

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OPC, AGC oppose Google expanding deindexing reference

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Attorney General of Canada (AGC) have filed appeals challenging Alphabet Inc.’s application to expand the scope of a deindexing case to include questions about whether forcing it to scrub its search engine infringes on its free expression rights.

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Small players out-flanked at ‘policy-shaping,’ BCBA tells panel

The British Columbia Broadband Association (BCBA) says a new legal framework for the telecom sector should simplify regulations and facilitate more regulatory participation by small operators.

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ENCQOR posts 5G project call for 5 GHz whitespace tech

A public-private partnership has posted a call for project proposals to develop equipment that can make use of an inactive 5 GHz band for 5G technology.

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Incumbent competition ‘very aggressive’ against Fizz at launch

Quebecor Inc.’s company brass says its Fizz flanker brand is picking up speed in acquiring new subscribers during the first few months of 2019, following some turbulence from unexpected technical issues and intense competition after launching last quarter.

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