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Facebook to pay $9 million to Competition Bureau after investigation

Facebook Inc. must pay a $9 million penalty to the Competition Bureau after making “false or misleading claims” about the privacy of personal information on the main Facebook platform and its Messenger app, according to a Tuesday release from the Competition Bureau. 

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2025 offered as connectivity target as pressure to fast track rises

Universal connectivity at the CRTC’s universal service objective speeds could be achieved by 2025 if funds were administered in the right way, according to Ryerson University research fellow Reza Rajibiun, a time frame labelled “realistic” by Federation of Canadian Municipalities rural director Ray Orb. 

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Allarco ordered to pay retailers’ court fees after dropping piracy lawsuit

After dropping its lawsuit in Federal Court against four retailers whose employees it accused of recommending pirating content from media boxes sold in stores — and subsequently launching a similar proceeding in the Alberta courts — Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.’s Super Channel must now pay the legal costs of the retailers it sued. 

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Wholesale debate moves to transport in CRTC rural broadband consult

The familiar argument over wholesale access has made its way to a CRTC consultation on how to remove barriers to rural broadband rollouts, with smaller providers arguing the regulator should mandate and regulate access to transport networks. 

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Spectrum funds could achieve broadband targets before 2030: telecoms

An NDP plan for the federal government to add money raised from past and upcoming spectrum auctions to existing broadband funding could achieve universal connectivity well before the government’s 2030 target if executed correctly, four telecommunications service providers told the House industry committee.

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Quebecor cuts back capex plans for 2020

Quebecor Inc. is dialing back its capital expenditure projections for the upcoming year, owing to the financial uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rovi’s STB suit against Quebecor will proceed via Zoom

A Federal Court proceeding between Quebecor Inc.‘s Videotron and Rovi Guides Inc. that was halted in early March as the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began, will resume via Zoom, over the objections of Videotron, a judge has ruled. 

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CRTC rejects request to hold contact-tracing inquiry

The CRTC has rejected a Public Interest Advocacy Centre request that it look into the involvement of Canadian telecoms in developing applications to track the spread of COVID-19.

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Premier League and Dazn support site blocking order

A consortium of rights holders — including the top tier of English soccer, the Premier League, sports streaming service Dazn and industry trade groups for book publishers — wants the Federal Court of Appeal to uphold Canada’s first ever site blocking order. 

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Complaints to CCTS decrease by 12 per cent

Consumers lodged 8,621 complaints with the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) in the six months leading up to Jan. 31, a 12 per cent decrease on the previous year.

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