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Bell asks cabinet to overturn CRTC decision on fibre network access

BCE Inc., filed a petition to cabinet Friday urging it to reverse a ruling by the CRTC which mandated Bell  to grant independent competitors access to its fibre network at interim rates.

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ETHI committee hears departments don’t use tools to spy on Canadians

Federal departments have forensic diagnostic tools that can be used for surveillance but they are only lawfully applied and never used outside the ministry staff, a parliamentary committee was told Tuesday.

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“Godfather” of AI says Canada must start regulating now

AI "godfather" Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal professor and scientific Director of Mila.

The government must regulate artificial intelligence (AI) quickly to protect Canadians from serious societal risks, said Yoshua Bengio, known as one of the ‘godfathers of AI.’

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CRTC releases consult over its jurisdiction on small cell pole attachments

The CRTC has issued a call for comments on the attachment of wireless facilities to support structures owned or controlled by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) due to the expansion of 5G networks which will require the installation of thousands of additional cell sites across Canada.

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Galaxy Broadband providing Eutelsat OneWeb satellite service to Shared Services Canada

Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Crown Capital Partners Inc., has clinched a multi-year contract with Shared Services Canada, a department of the Government of Canada responsible for providing various shared information technology services to other government departments and agencies.

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Don’t fear the advent of artificial intelligence: Prime Time panelists

OTTAWA–While artificial intelligence (AI) may seem daunting to people in the creative industries, they should embrace it. To that end, the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) sponsored a panel on AI Friday at its annual Prime Time conference.

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Foreign streamers a problem for all Canadian broadcasters, CMPA hears

OTTAWA–Foreign streamers will be a prickly problem for mainstream broadcasters in the years to come, the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) was told Friday. A session called Phoenix Rising: the state of the Canadian television sector closed out the three-day parley.

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Cogeco announces acquisition of municipally-owned telecom provider

Cogeco Inc. announced Monday that Cogeco Connexion is acquiring an internet, telephone and television service provider serving the Niagara Region. 

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CRTC implements thousand-block pooling to address telephone number exhaustion

The CRTC is implementing thousand-block pooling (TBP) as a proactive measure to manage the growing demand for telephone numbers.

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Bloc continues fight to counteract CBC job cuts

The Bloc Québécois is continuing to protest the job cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada announced last year. For the second day in a row, heritage critic Martin Champoux called on the government to reverse those layoffs.

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