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Delay 3,800 Mhz auction until altimeter issues resolved, Sasktel tells ISED

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Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has a “simple” recommendation for the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) as it consults on the upcoming 3,800 Mhz auction: that it be delayed until the issue of 5G interference with radio altimeter (used to determine the altitude of an aircraft) is fully resolved. 

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Net neutrality prevents CRTC from ordering ISPs verify age online: CRTC to Senate

The CRTC cannot direct internet service providers (ISPs) to implement age verification techniques on pornographic websites in Canada, because the regulator must adhere to the principles of net neutrality – the concept that all traffic on the internet should be given equal treatment by ISPs – according to the commission’s chief of consumer, research and communications.

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Rogers “not putting a dime” in middle tier news market: Conservative MP

Community-owned television outlets “are not producing local news that meet high journalistic standards,” and the Online Streaming Act should be amended to ensure sustainable funding for local news, a Rogers Communications Inc. executive told the House of Commons’ Heritage committee as the company defended the impact its merger with Shaw Communications Inc. will have on local news.

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TekSavvy asks for investigation by Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of CRTC comish

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has asked the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada to open an investigation into what the company has long alleged is a pattern of wrongdoing by CRTC chair Ian Scott.

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Alberta invests nearly $400 million in rural broadband rollout

The province of Alberta will spend $390 million over four years to provide broadband service to rural, remote and Indigenous communities, it was announced Wednesday. 

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Bill C-11 a new bill with no new ideas, and a ‘legal pretzel’ for censorship: CPC

For the second time in the span of a year, the Liberal government has introduced a new bill to update Canada’s broadcasting act but “what it doesn’t bring is new ideas,” according to one Conservative member of parliament. 

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