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Canadian prices will ‘always be higher’: Bragg

GATINEAU, Que. — According to Lee Bragg, CEO of Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, it is “really ridiculous” to compare mobile wireless prices in Canada to those in the United States and Europe in any assessment of wireless affordability. 

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Privacy commissioners to investigate Clearview AI

An investigation into Clearview AI has been launched by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, as well as three provincial privacy commissioners, due to growing concerns about the use of controversial facial recognition technology.

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Teksavvy asks Competition Bureau to investigate Rogers, Bell

The Competition Bureau has been asked to investigate a “pattern of anti-competitive activities” in wholesale and retail internet markets by BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications, in a complaint filed by independent ISP Teksavvy Solutions Inc. 

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Investment cut threats over MVNOs not ‘just theater’: Telus

GATINEAU, Que. — Toward the tail end of nearly three hours of testimony from Telus Corp.’s leadership team at the CRTC, CEO Darren Entwistle levelled Thursday what is perhaps one of the biggest threats thus far in the fight over mandated MVNO access to incumbent networks: cutting as many as 5,000 jobs. 

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BTLR recs could see U.S. tariff levies under USMCA: Geist

OTTAWA — Any content levy on internet giants, as the telecom and broadcasting legislative review panel recently recommended, could expose Canada to retaliatory tariffs under the new NAFTA, University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist told the parliamentary trade committee Wednesday. 

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MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEO

GATINEAU, Que. — How threatening the prospect of mandated MVNO access is to BCE Inc. was evident Wednesday as the company brought out its CEO to the CRTC’s ongoing wireless hearing, who told the regulator even the “least aggressive” MVNO proposal would harm investment.

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Government’s wireless price drop promise should be altered: Bibic

GATINEAU, Que. — The Liberal government’s promise to lower mobile service bills by 25 per cent should be measured from 2018 or when “unlimited” plans were introduced, rather than, as the government is planning, from December 2019, BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic said. 

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Broad MVNO access too risky, Competition Bureau tells CRTC

GATINEAU, Que. — The CRTC’s two-week wireless policy review kicked off with a detailed questioning of one of the few parties to promote a middle-of-the-road solution for mandating MVNO access to incumbent infrastructure.

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Liberal government’s ‘free ride’ on industry file to end: Rempel Garner

Conservative industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner is calling on both the Liberal government and her own party to develop a big-picture vision when it comes to telecom issues.

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O’Toole calls for deep CBC cuts

Conservative Party leadership hopeful Erin O’Toole has called for CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding for its digital and english-language television department to be slashed, declaring the national broadcaster is “stuck in the past”. 

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