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COVID-19 prompts multiple ISPs to suspend data caps

Multiple Canadian internet providers have suspended caps on data usage as they prepare for a huge increase in the amount of customers working from home in an attempt to limit the spread of COVID-19. 

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Site-blocking further expanded in GoldTV case

BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc.‘s Groupe TVA, and Rogers Communications Inc. — the trio of companies behind Canada’s first ever website-blocking order — have submitted a draft order adding new domains to the Federal Court. 

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STIR/SHAKEN may create a ‘two-tiered’ wireless system: ISCC

OTTAWA — The CRTC’s efforts to work with telecom companies to implement a STIR/SHAKEN call identification protocol to cut down on fraud calls will have the unwitting effect of crowding out smaller players from the telecom market, the Internet Society’s Canadian chapter president Matthew Gamble told the House of Commons industry committee Thursday. 

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Quebecor ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 impact on capacity

Quebecor Inc. says COVID-19 is not expected to have a “material financial impact” on the company and is not worried about its impact on network consumption and capacity.

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Price commitment applies to wireless, but not road coverage: CRTC

The CRTC has clarified that the pricing commitment in its $750-million Broadband Fund will not apply to funds used only for new mobile wireless coverage along major roads.

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CRTC approves Rogers’ prepaid balance limit

The CRTC has given Rogers Communications Inc. the green light to set a maximum prepaid account balance of $150, rejecting an argument from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation that doing so would violate the Wireless Code.

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Rogers to move to paperless billing

Just over a week after the CRTC declined to require Telus Corp.‘s Koodo flanker brand to issue paper bills to those customers that want them, Rogers Communications Inc. has also said it will stop issuing paper bills, the company confirmed Wednesday afternoon. The company said it began informing customers of the move February 10. 

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Fraud, nuisance calls will ‘never go away’: CRTC chairman

OTTAWA — Calls are only a part of the problem of nuisance and fraudulent communications in Canada, CRTC chairman Ian Scott told a Parliamentary committee Tuesday, while industry representatives said tackling the issue will require a multi-pronged approach. 

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NDP calls for moratorium on facial recognition tech

New Democratic Party MP and ethics critic Charlie Angus Monday morning called for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology and on Public Safety Minister Bill Blair to act. 

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Data leaked from 1,200 Koodo customers

Telus Corp. has confirmed that its flanker brand Koodo Mobile was subject to a data breach in February, and that some of the information has been put up for sale “on the dark web.” 

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