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Doherty introduces private member’s bill on suicide helpline

Conservative MP Todd Doherty carried on the fight for implementation of a 988 suicide helpline Monday, culminating in a private member’s bill on the subject.

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Bell, Amazon announce launch of mobile edge computing retail business 

BCE Inc. announced the launch of its partnership with Amazon Inc. to deploy what it touts as Canada’s first public multi-access edge computing (MEC)  with Amazon Web Services (AWS) wavelength.

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Doherty renews calls for 988 suicide helpline, Bennett say urban may be served first

Conservative MP Todd Doherty issued a news release on Monday marking the 500th day since he called for the establishment of a dedicated helpline for suicide prevention. The House of Commons unanimously passed the motion. The CRTC is looking at using 988 as the three-digit number.

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Government announces more internet connectivity projects funded in Ontario

Friday, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced which projects will be allocated a combined total of more than $163 million in funding to bring high-speed internet to the province.

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Big 3 oppose Wireless Code CRTC intervention for cancellation fees, PIAC supports it 

Incumbent telecoms are reacting strongly to a preliminary finding by the CRTC that the regulator will peg the early cancellation fees (ECFs) on certain mobile devices to the price listed by the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for those devices. 

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CRTC approves new television rebroadcaster in British Columbia

Friday the CRTC approved an application by the Burns Lake & District Broadcasting Society for a licence to operate a radiocommunications distribution undertaking (RDU) in northwestern British Columbia.

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$5m announced for rural internet in BC 

In an announcement Thursday, the department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) said it was allocating $5 million to connect some 3,300 households in British Columbia to high-speed broadband internet. 

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Telecom fee changes would lead to “significant increases” in financial contributions, Cogeco tells CRTC

Cogeco Inc. is raising concern with the CRTC that proposed changes to its Telecom Fees Regulations“would lead to a significant increase” in annual telecommunications fees collected from Canadian carriers, and could double Cogeco’s own contributions.

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Telecom consultant says Rogers-Shaw merger, inflation, enough to spark forbearance reassessment 

A Toronto-based telecom and broadcasting consultant is arguing to the CRTC that Rogers Communications Inc.’s pending acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc., and recent inflation, are “significant developments in the marketplace” that should trigger the commission to consider whether its general policy of forbearance remains applicable.

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Rogers boss won’t confirm Xplornet ‘rumours’

Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri declined to comment on what he called “rumours” that the company – alongside Shaw Communication Inc. – have presented a plan to the federal government that would see Xplornet Communications Inc. take over Shaw’s Freedom Mobile wireless brand as part of regulatory approval of the Shaw acquisition. 

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