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CRTC calls for comments on next-gen 911

On Thursday the CRTC called for comments on hosted call handling solutions (CHS) for public safety answering points (PSAPs) on next-generation 911 (NG911) services. The current framework does not allow NG911 networks to be connected to demarcation points at sites other than PSAPs.

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Canadian organizations paying more than $450,000 in ransomware attacks: study

Canadian organizations pay an average ransom of $458,247 to ransomware attackers, with more than half those organizations needing to wait more than a month before they financially recover, according to a new study.

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CRTC fines The Gap $200,000 for violating spam laws

Clothing giant Gap Inc. has been fined $200,000 for violating Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL), the CRTC announced Wednesday. The company operates several clothing stores, including The Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy.

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Court denies China Mobile request for stay of Gov. order to vacate

A telecommunications provider owned by the Chinese government has lost its appeal against an order from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to pack up shop and vacate the country.

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Opposition hammers Government on 988, broadband rollout

The government was taken to task Tuesday over rollout of a dedicated number for mental health and last-mile fibre lays. Two Conservative MPs lashed out at the Trudeau administration over the failings.

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Class action lawyers seek to have Bell affidavit stricken in prison phones case

In a would-be class-action lawsuit against BCE Inc. and the province of Ontario over what the plaintiffs say are “unconscionable” telephone rates charged to the families of prisoners in Ontario prisons while Bell held the contract, lawyers representing the plaintiffs are seeking to have a portions of Bell’s affidavit stricken from the record. 

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Bell says CRTC should leave dispute with competitive pay-telephone service provider to the courts

BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it has correctly implemented a 2019 decision which stipulated that the incumbent must pay an Ontario-based pay-telephone owner and competitive pay-telephone service provider (CPTSP) $0.25 per toll-free call made over Bell Canada-provided business lines to support retail pay telephone service, and therefore, it does not owe any more money.

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Singh calls for price caps on wireless and internet bills, opposes Shaw takeover

OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh reiterated his party’s call for lower wireless and internet prices, calling for a price cap on billing.

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SaskTel launches new digital mobile service

A crown-owned Saskatchewan telecommunications firm is launching its new digital mobile service

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Freedom Mobile needs proper 911 access in northern B.C. city, Shaw tells CRTC

Shaw Communications Inc. says its Freedom Mobile wireless division needs access to a modern 911 service. The comment came in a Dec. 6 intervention about CityWest Cable & Telephone Corp’s Part 1 application to the CRTC.

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