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Comp. commish has no issue granting Videotron intervenor status in Rogers-Shaw merger tribunal

The Commissioner of Competition said Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron should be granted intervenor status in the review of the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc.

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Gov. announced 11 projects, with $2.4M funding, to combat disinformation

The ministers of Canadian Heritage and Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, announced more than $2.4 million in funding for projects to help Canadians “determine for themselves what is fact and what is fiction online.”

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After Rogers outage, Interac failure highlights need for more risk oversight, competition in payments space, observers say

On July 8, when Rogers Communications Inc.‘s network went down nationwide, millions lost access to phone, data, and internet services, but many also lost access to banking and debit functions through the failure of the Interac Corp. system.

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CRTC adds five Bell IXPL lines to forbearance list

Thursday the CRTC added five interexchange private line (IXPL) routes to the list of routes it is forbearing from regulation. The routes, all from subsidiaries of BCE Inc., are in Manitoba and central Canada.

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Rogers appoints new CTO weeks after national outage

Rogers Communication Inc. has appointed Ron McKenzie, the company’s former president of Rogers for Business, as its new chief technology officer (CTO) two weeks after the telecom giant experienced a national outage affecting both its home internet and wireless customers, as well as the wholesale-based internet service providers that purchase its services.

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TekSavvy wants concrete actions in CRTC policy direction, PIAC argues for directive language

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says the government’s proposed new policy direction for the  CRTC is “severely out of touch” with the competition issues facing Canada’s telecommunications industry, while TekSavvy Solutions Inc. says it does nothing concrete to address the “crisis” of the ​​wholesale internet broadband regime.

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ISED approves Bell, Telus, spectrum licence swap

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The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved several subordination of spectrum licence applications between BCE Inc. and Telus Corp.

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CRTC approves statements of work for several broadband projects

Tuesday the CRTC issued approvals of several statements of work for projects covered by the Broadband Fund. The projects are in western Canada and the Atlantic provinces.

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CNOC supports proposed policy direction, with “minor changes”

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has lent its full-throated support to the federal government’s proposed new policy direction for the CRTC, one that orders the regulator to promote, encourage, and foster competition, affordability, consumer interests and innovation. 

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Doherty demands 988 service in Canada as US rollout begins

Conservative MP Todd Doherty continued his fight for a national three-digit helpline for mental crises and suicide prevention. He proposed a motion which passed unanimously in the House of Commons back in 2020 but there has been little progress made since. Saturday the United States unveiled its 988 number for emergencies.

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