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No hexagons for UBF, Monsef confirms

The federal government’s upcoming $1.7 billion Universal Broadband Fund won’t use the often-criticised hexagon mapping system, Rural Development Minister Maryam Monsef told the House industry committee. 

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COVID-19 accelerating rural/urban connectivity divide: CIRA

Rural home internet speeds during the first full month where Canadians shifted to working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic were almost 12 times slower than the median speed for urban Canadians, according to speed test analysis conducted by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority. 

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Canadians broadly supportive of COVID-19 tracing apps: survey

Some eight in 10 Canadians support the use of wireless data to track the spread of COVID-19, and 65 per cent of Canadians think it should be mandatory, according to a survey released by three federal senators. 

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Guilbeault details $500M relief for arts and culture

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Friday released more details on how a  previously-announced $500-million aid package to support the cultural sector will work.

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Telus withdraws guidance, records 19 per cent net income reduction

Telus Corp.’s net income for the first quarter of 2020 dropped 19 per cent to $353 million and the company joined the other major incumbents in withdrawing financial guidance for the year due to uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Bell calls for delayed payments in 3.5 GHz spectrum auction

While BCE Inc.‘s first quarter results showed a decline in profits and essentially flat revenue — and the expected withdrawal of fiscal year 2020 guidance — the company will continue to pay out dividends to shareholders, CEO Mirko Bibic told analysts on a first quarterly earnings call Thursday morning. 

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Google’s Sidewalk Labs pulls out of Toronto smart city project

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will no longer participate in the Sidewalk Labs smart city project in Toronto.

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Conservatives call for universal rural broadband by 2021

Under a rural broadband policy platform put out for public consultation by the federal Conservatives, all Canadians would have access to internet service at the CRTC’s basic service standards by next year, a plan panned Wednesday by the Liberal government and the NDP as unrealistic.

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5G monitoring same as for all wireless tech: Health Canada

Health Canada has responded to an MPs’ query about what steps it is taking to monitor potential health effects of 5G networks, indicating it is treating 5G no differently than previous generations of wireless technology.

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Conservatives and NDP united for enforcement of wholesale rates

Opposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue are finding themselves agreeing on some telecom-adjacent files in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both the Conservatives and NDP calling for the government to support lower wholesale internet rates and speed up rural broadband rollouts.

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