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Quebecor must hand over documents to Competition Bureau: court

A Federal Court of Appeal judge has ruled that Quebecor Inc. must turn over documents to the Competition Bureau, which the bureau argues it needs access to to determine if Videotron has violated elements of the Competition Act.

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CRTC tells Bell it is still giving undue preference to RDS over TVA Sport

The CRTC has sent a letter to BCE Inc. informing the company that its submission of a new sports package to the regulator was still giving undue preference to its own RDS French-language sports channel over Quebecor Inc.‘s TVA Sports offering. 

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Bell calls for Competition Bureau report to be struck from wireless review

BCE Inc. has asked the CRTC to strike a Competition Bureau report advocating a limited mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model from the record of the regulator’s wireless services review, stating that an “error” the bureau made in its final submission means there’s an “intolerably high” risk of errors also being made in the report. 

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Network outage impacts services in Ontario, Quebec

A network outage left wireless, internet and TV customers in Ontario and Quebec without service for about 45 minutes on Thursday.

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Quebecor Q2 stable, with strong wireless adds 

Quebecor Inc. posted second quarter returns Thursday that beat analyst expectations, primarily on the back of strong wireless and home internet additions, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across the sector. 

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Bell’s Q2 profit plunges by 64 per cent

BCE Inc.’s second quarter profit dropped to $294 million, a 64 per cent decrease on a year before, with the company attributing the drop to higher expenses, including $452 million of impairment charges related to some of Bell’s TV and radio properties. 

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eHealth raises data, privacy, and clinical questions: experts 

eHealth technologies have been widely billed as bridging divides between patients and clinicians, and were recently touted by Alberta premier Jason Kenney as “simply a 21st-century version of calling up the doctor.” 

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Canadians complaining about wireless less, experiencing fewer unexpected charges: research

Canadians are complaining less about their wireless service and fewer consumers are receiving unexpected charges in their monthly wireless bill, according to wireless code research commissioned by the CRTC.

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Iristel calls for caller ID manipulation to be outlawed

Iristel Inc. has asked the CRTC to issue an order explicitly prohibiting the manipulation of caller ID information to circumvent routing restrictions, alleging in a Part 1 application that Rogers Communications Inc. may be involved in a scheme where some of its Canadian customers have had their caller ID tweaked to make it seem like calls are originating from the U.S.

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Two new CTI projects announced in Quebec

Innovation, Science and Economic Development on Tuesday announced that it would be funding two separate projects in rural Quebec under its $585 million Connect to Innovate program. 

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