March 2023 - The Wire Report

March 31, 2023

Globalive calls for CRTC investigation into Rogers-Quebecor Freedom roaming rates deal

On the same day the Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne approved the transfer of Freedom Mobile’s spectrum assets from Shaw Communications Inc. to Quebecor Inc., and thus paving the way for the acquisition of Shaw by Rogers Communications Inc., the CRTC has published on its website a fresh Part 1 complaint from former Freedom suitor Globalive Capital calling into question the legality of the arrangements between Rogers and Quebecor.

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March 31, 2023

Quebec court will hear Quebecor’s case for damages in pole access fight with Bell

The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request from BCE Inc. to throw out a complaint from Quebecor Inc. in a long-running dispute between the two companies on pole access.

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UPDATED: Champagne blesses Rogers-Shaw wedding; critics bemoan ‘dark day’

OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is permitting the transfer of Freedom Mobile licences from Shaw Communications Inc. to Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron division. He announced a 21-part package Friday that imposes conditions on Shaw suitor Rogers Communications Inc., which includes establishing a Rogers headquarters in Calgary, Alta., and the creation of 3,000 new jobs in western Canada.

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March 30, 2023

Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides

The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from industry representatives speaking for small players. The final day of the Canadian Association of Wireless Internet Service Providers (CanWISP) annual conference in Gatineau featured a panel titled Independent ISP Update. The group’s executive director Johnathan Black moderated the session and asked participants how they felt about recent changes to the commission.

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March 29, 2023

INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics

Canadian carriers that offer fixed broadband services may soon be required to make service quality metrics during peak periods and typical download and upload speeds during peak periods.

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March 28, 2023

CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

Public broadcasting advocacy group Friends is “frustrated” that the federal government has left out the CBC/ Radio-Canada from its 2023 budget, released Tuesday. Meanwhile, on the telecom side, the government is cracking down on telecom “junk fees” and device charges.

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March 28, 2023

CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings

The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them BCE Inc., to delay the first deadlines in the regulator’s new wholesale broadband and fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) proceedings by two months.

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March 28, 2023

ACTRA boycotts Rogers and other firms over non-union commercials

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is calling for a boycott of six major retailers it accuses of using non-union actors in its commercials. One of the boycotted firms is Rogers Communications Inc.

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March 28, 2023

Execulink solves access problem with Williams & McDaniel

Execulink Telecom Inc. has withdrawn a Part 1 application before the CRTC after the Williams & McDaniel property management firm allowed it access to several buildings in Tillsonburg Ont. Execulink filed the notice last month.

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March 27, 2023

Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas

Auditor General Karen Hogan released a quartet of reports on the government’s spending priorities Monday. One report, looking at internet connectivity, found that rural and remote regions and Indigenous reserves were woefully underserved.

Month: March 2023

Globalive calls for CRTC investigation into Rogers-Quebecor Freedom roaming rates deal

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Quebec court will hear Quebecor’s case for damages in pole access fight with Bell

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UPDATED: Champagne blesses Rogers-Shaw wedding; critics bemoan ‘dark day’

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Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides

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INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics

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CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

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CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings

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ACTRA boycotts Rogers and other firms over non-union commercials

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Execulink solves access problem with Williams & McDaniel

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Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas

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