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Shaw reports $33M increase in profit for Q1 2022

Shaw Communications Inc. saw a 20.2 per cent increase in its net earnings this quarter, jumping from $163 million in the same quarter last year to $196 million in its first quarterly report for 2022 for the three month reporting period ending in Nov. 2021.

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Gov. award Ontario AI company contract to map out rural broadband access

The Government has awarded a Toronto-based analytics company that uses artificial intelligence to collect data a contract to map out rural broadband access across the country.

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Intervenors take issue with ISED’s proposed Tier 5 service areas in rural spectrum consultation

Tier 5 service areas are “too large”  to meet demand for Access Licensing, Canada’s telecoms companies and stakeholders told Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) in replies to its consultation on the use of white space spectrum to service rural and remote communities. 

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BREAKING: Staffieri confirmed as Rogers CEO

Tony Staffieri had been appointed as President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., the company announced Monday evening in a press release. 

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Opposition seeks emergency probe into Health Canada cellphone tracking

A group of four Opposition MPs is asking for an emergency meeting of the House Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to study the Public Health Agency’s (PHAC) Request for Proposal (RFP) on cell phone data tracking.

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MVNOs expected in 2023; impact will be ‘manageable’ for incumbents: analyst

The advent of facilities-based mobile virtual network operators {MVNOs) made possible by the CRTC’s April 2021 wireless review decision won’t come in earnest until 2023, and when it does come, incumbent wireless operators will be able to blunt the competitive impact of such offerings by using existing product offerings, according to one analyst.

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Canadian media company expands in States with $59M acquisition

A Montreal-based media and entertainment company is expanding in the U.S. market after  acquiring an American in-store audio advertising provider for approximately C $59 million.

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UPDATED: Conservative MP Brassard demands investigation into cellphone tracking

Conservative MP John Brassard wrote a letter Jan. 5 to Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien asking for an investigation into cellphone data tracking by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The agency says it is using the information to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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Arbitrator dismisses Union complaint against Bell Technical Solutions 

An Ontario-based labour arbitrator has dismissed a complaint by Unifor workers against a BCE Inc. subsidiary having found that the company did everything in its power to remedy a situation in which Bell Technical Solutions workers were found infringing on work meant for its Craft and Services employees.

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Canada avoids American confusion of 5G impact on airports

Early consultations on regulations to 5G rollout affecting air traffic seems to have resulted in Canada avoiding a dispute that roiled the American telecom market.

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