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ISED releases consult on WCS band licence renewal

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The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is seeking comments on the conditions for licence renewals and new licences in the wireless communications service (WCS) band.

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SSi Micro given extension on filing for broadband funding

Monday the CRTC granted SSi Micro Ltd. an extension of the deadline for filing interventions on receiving monies from the broadband fund. Originally set for Apr. 18, the new deadline is May 16.

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CRTC changes costs awards for Rogers

Monday the CRTC approved a review and vary application from Rogers Communications Inc. over a series of costs awards to various interest groups. The telecom will see its contributions decline under the new regime.

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Google promises to restore access to news at lively committee meeting

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will stop limiting consumer access to news links on Mar. 16, company executives told the House of Commons Canadian Heritage Committee Friday. Two members of the Canadian leadership team of the tech giant appeared at a fractious session of the panel. The committee had requested that more members of the executive team, including some from the United States, show up.

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Amid CRTC review, Quebecor complains of Bell ‘abuse’ of wholesale rates for fibre

Days before the CRTC announced that it would open a fresh proceeding on rates for wholesale broadband internet and would expedite a review of wholesale fibre access, Quebecor Inc. complained to the regulator that BCE Inc. is “taking advantage of its dominant or quasi-monopoly position” and abusively raising its rates for access to fibre and transport. 

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CRTC grants Indigenous station radio license 

The CRTC Thursday approved a radio broadcasting license for Piikani Resource Development Ltd. on behalf of Piikani Tsi Nii Ka Sin Broadcasting Association to broadcast a low-power Indigenous FM radio station in Brocket, Alberta. 

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Senate ‘one-size-fits-all’ spectrum deployment bill is counter-intuitive: CWTA, CanWisp, ISED

Telecom experts say that a Senate bill that would force spectrum licence holders to deploy service to at least 50 per cent of its geographic population within three years of acquiring a licence will harm Canada’s connectivity goals rather than strengthen them.

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Senators call for CBC to keep traditional broadcasting model

Members of the Senate are calling on the CBC/Radio-Canada to maintain its current broadcasting regime, saying it is necessary for those in areas with limited internet access. 

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Free-time political time allocations released by federal arbitrator

Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has updated her list on the amount of time registered political parties are eligible for free-time political broadcasts in the next election. 

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UPDATED: CRTC cuts wholesale broadband rates by 10 per cent, launches new rates proceeding, and will expedite review of FTTH access; competitors pleased

The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair Vicky Eatrides’ January promise to reassess the wholesale broadband market, and launched a notice of consultation that will reopen one of the most contentious issues in the telecom sector in recent years: the rates competitor ISPs pay to incumbents for mandated access to their networks. 

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