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Petitions to overturn recent CRTC decisions gaining steam

Days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won another minority government mandate, several petitions to the governor-in-council asking his cabinet to overturn recent CRTC decisions are gaining support. 

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Rogers expands 5G network in Nova Scotia

Rogers Communications Inc. has expanded its 5G network in the Halifax, N.S., region. 

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RCMP looking to expand its digital policing services

The RCMP is seeking to expand its digital policing services, months after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) found that it violated the law by using mass surveillance technology.

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New ‘dynamic’ site-blocking needs new safeguards: CIPPIC 

The site-blocking order that will block a rolling list of pirate streaming sites during NHL games sought by a trio of hockey broadcasters requires new legal safeguards, given that at least some of the technology used to identify pirate streamers will be  based on automated techniques, according to the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa (CIPPIC).  

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Xplornet announces rural 5G standalone network

New Brunswick-based rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications Inc. announced Wednesday it’s rolling out a rural 5G standalone network, starting with its home province and expanding over the coming months. 

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Spectrum license exclusivity must go: Mozilla advisor

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In order to achieve better spectrum sovereignty for Indigenous communities in Canada, the government has to scrap the guarantee of exclusivity from existing spectrum licenses, so regulators can reassign unused bands, according to one policy advisor.

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Rogers extends modem migration deadline

Rogers Communications Inc. has told the CRTC the pandemic has slowed work down after it was asked by the commission to elaborate on what kind of “new business complexities” have caused it to extend the date at which it will require third-party internet access customers to upgrade their modems. 

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Andy Ramsey named interim CFO of TeraGo

The data services company TeraGo Inc. announced Monday that it has appointed Andy Ramsey, the company’s senior director of finance, as vice president of finance and interim chief financial officer. 

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TeraGo looking for CFO 

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The data services company TeraGo Inc. has announced it is looking for a new chief financial officer as its current CFO David Charron is stepping down “to pursue other professional opportunities,” though he is staying on as a special advisor to the company and its board.  

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OneWeb partnering with Galaxy Broadband 

A London, England-based low-earth-orbit satellite communications company is partnering with Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. to provide high-speed, low-latency communications services through Canada and the wider Arctic Region. 

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