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Court orders Copyright Board to issue new distant signal tariff following dispute

| 05/09/2025 5:45 pm EDT

Court orders Copyright Board to issue new distant signal tariff following disputeThe Copyright Board of Canada has been ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal to issue a new distant signal tariff for broadcasters after the court found the board went too...

Telus reports solid Q1, jump in profit

| 05/09/2025 5:37 pm EDT

Telus reports solid Q1, jump in profitAs Telus Corp. reported its first quarter of 2025 on Friday, May 9, the western telecom said it had good revenues and managed to increase its dividend to shareholders. “This performance was driven by strong demand for our highly differentiated, integrated product...

Bell creates U.S. fibre firm, cuts dividend in first quarter report

| 05/08/2025 5:52 pm EDT

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEOBCE Inc. has entered into a partnership with the Public Sector Pension...

Streamers challenge ‘restrictive’ CanCon definitions in audio proceeding

| 05/08/2025 4:25 pm EDT

Streamers challenge ‘restrictive’ CanCon definitions in audio proceedingAs the CRTC works on revising how it defines Canadian and Indigenous audio...

Bell looking to CRTC for clarity on mobile PES requirements 

| 04/30/2025 5:44 pm EDT

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)BCE Inc. is looking to the CRTC to confirm it can make changes to how it provides primary exchange services to customers in forborne exchanges when offering those services on mobile networks instead of wireline, as it continues decommissioning its copper infrastructure. ...

Bell accuses Rogers of undue preference over Shaw Direct channel placements

| 04/25/2025 6:52 pm EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsBCE Inc. is joining the roster of companies which have filed undue...

ITPA wants CRTC to lighten regulations on small incumbent phone companies

| 04/14/2025 5:44 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming monthsThe Independent Telecommunications Providers Association is asking the CRTC...

From teenage actor to industry bigwig, Reelworld’s Tonya Williams is a powerhouse

| 04/07/2025 4:59 pm EDT

From teenage actor to industry bigwig, Reelworld's Tonya Williams is a powerhouseWhen Tonya Williams was a teenager in Toronto, she...

Ontario prison long-distance rates case back at the CRTC 

| 04/03/2025 7:21 pm EDT

Ontario prison long-distance rates case back at the CRTC BCE Inc. and the Province of Ontario are back at the CRTC looking for...

Stewart Johnston leaves Bell Media for CFL

| 04/03/2025 5:04 pm EDT

Stewart Johnston leaves Bell Media for CFLThe Canadian Football League has appointed Stewart Johnston as its next commissioner. He is currently the senior VP of content and sales at BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media. He...

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline service

| 04/03/2025 11:17 am EDT

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline serviceThe agency responsible for administering the 988 mental health helpline...

Matt McGowan new senior VP of business solutions at Bell Media

| 04/01/2025 1:33 pm EDT

Matt McGowan new senior VP of business solutions at Bell MediaBCE Inc. has named Matt McGowan as senior vice president for business...

CRTC grants telecoms exemption from wireless and SMS fees for CNAC

| 03/31/2025 4:31 pm EDT

CRTC grants telecoms exemption from wireless and SMS fees for CNACThe CRTC has decided that wireless data and short message service (SMS) revenues should not be considered when determining what telecoms should pay for the Canadian Numbering...

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy’s wholesale rates appeal

| 03/27/2025 5:22 pm EDT

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy’s wholesale rates appealThe Supreme Court of Canada has rejected TekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s...

Telus confirms plan to sell minority stake in wireless tower network

| 03/27/2025 10:39 am EDT

Telecoms work to restore service after tornado; 27% of Canadians experience major outage due to weather, report findsTelus Corp. is planning to sell a minority stake in wireless tower...

Bell expanding content distribution with majority stake in global distributor

| 03/26/2025 5:39 pm EDT

Bell expanding content distribution with majority stake in global distributorBCE Inc.’s Bell Media is branching further into global content...

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company argues

| 03/25/2025 5:38 pm EDT

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company arguesStarlink parent Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) says it would...

Millions of Canadians live in news deserts, CCPA finds

| 03/24/2025 7:02 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite serviceTwo and a half million Canadians have virtually no access to local news, a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives reveals. The report, titled News Deprivation: Canadian communities starving for local news, was released on March 20. Since 2008, 11 per...

Broadcasters differ on usefulness of CRTC’s undue preference, standstill rules

| 03/20/2025 5:53 pm EDT

Broadcasters differ on usefulness of CRTC’s undue preference, standstill rulesRogers Communications Inc. and its fellow broadcasters in the Canadian...

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcasters

| 03/18/2025 3:31 pm EDT

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcastersWith a trade war launched against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump’s...

CRTC dismisses WildBrain undue preference complaint against Bell; Rogers facing new complaint

| 03/14/2025 5:13 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe CRTC decided on Friday that BCE Inc. did not...

Bell, Telus wholesale rates for pole access in certain provinces now interim rates 

| 03/11/2025 3:02 pm EDT

Bell, Telus wholesale rates for pole access in certain provinces now interim rates BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada and Telus Corp. have seen their current wholesale...

CRTC approves Northwestel winback promotion in split decision

| 03/10/2025 5:16 pm EDT

CRTC approves Northwestel winback promotion in split decisionBCE Inc. property Northwestel Inc. now has permission from the CRTC to...

Iristel, Bell still in dispute over repayments, disconnections

| 03/07/2025 6:02 pm EST

Iristel, Bell still in dispute over repayments, disconnectionsIristel Inc. is fighting with BCE Inc. over a notice of disconnection of...

Technological change in broadcast, telecom worrisome to Unifor’s Lana Payne

| 03/04/2025 4:32 pm EST

Technological change in broadcast, telecom worrisome to Unifor's Lana PayneLana Payne has a perspective on broadcasting and telecommunications few do....

CRTC delays migration to next generation 911

| 02/28/2025 5:29 pm EST

CRTC delays migration to next generation 911The CRTC announced late Friday, Feb. 28 that it is delaying the timeline for transitioning to next...

Staff reductions hit Telus and Bell Media

| 02/28/2025 3:46 pm EST

Staff reductions hit Telus and Bell MediaTelus Corp. and BCE Inc.’s Bell Media are continuing to shed staff. This is the latest in a long line of reductions by the telecom and broadcasting giants. Telus is offering voluntary severance packages to about 560 employees. Earlier this month, the firm announced it...

Wholesale internet rates must be the same coast to coast: Peladeau

| 02/28/2025 11:56 am EST

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearingsWhile the CRTC’s recent decision to expand the wholesale fibre access...

Projected salary increases for telecom employees down as Canadian companies cautious on pay raises

| 02/27/2025 11:46 am EST

Projected salary increases for telecom employees down as Canadian companies cautious on pay raisesA survey by consulting firm Normandin Beaudry has found that Canadian companies in general are exercising caution when it comes to increasing compensation to their employees....

BDUs fight back against OUTtv must-carry proposal

| 02/25/2025 5:04 pm EST

OUTtvCanada’s broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) are continuing their fight against a proposal by...

Bell, Ziply file application to FCC for acquisition approval

| 02/24/2025 4:53 pm EST

Bell, Ziply file application to FCC for acquisition approvalBCE Inc. and Ziply Fiber have filed paperwork with the American Federal...

Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobs

| 02/21/2025 4:09 pm EST

Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobsRogers Communications Inc. is laying off a number of its customer service workers.  Company spokesperson Zac Carreiro told The Wire Report in an emailed statement that the...

CRTC to examine CanCon rules for audio in June hearings

| 02/20/2025 6:29 pm EST

CRTC to examine CanCon rules for audio in June hearingsThe CRTC is undertaking proceedings to consider the Canadian content...

CRTC approves sale of 21 BC radio stations from Bell to Vista

Media | 02/13/2025 3:43 pm EST

CRTC approves sale of 21 BC radio stations from Bell to VistaThe CRTC has approved the sale of 21 radio stations previously owned by BCE...

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decision

Media | 02/04/2025 4:28 pm EST

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decisionRogers Communications Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC asking the commission to review...

CRTC will not change temporary wholesale decision; final decision still on the table

Internet and Governance | 02/03/2025 6:53 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC has decided not to change its temporary decision on the wholesale...

CRTC denies Telus’ request for extension on fibre access deadline

Internet and Governance | 01/31/2025 6:07 pm EST

CRTC denies Telus’ request for extension on fibre access deadlineTelus Corp. has been denied the extension it wanted before it has to give...

Alberta, B.C. ministers calls on federal government to halt high-speed access review

telecom | 01/29/2025 4:57 pm EST

Alberta, B.C. ministers calls on federal government to halt high-speed access reviewTwo provincial cabinet ministers are calling on the federal cabinet to halt the review of the CRTC’s interim decision on wholesale high-speed access.  Last November,...

Federal Court grants blocking order targeting pirate site copycats

telecom | 01/24/2025 5:42 pm EST

Federal Court grants blocking order targeting pirate site copycatsThe reasons behind a Federal Court justice’s December decision to grant a...

Political strife, production cuts challenge independent producers: CMPA head

telecom | 01/23/2025 5:12 pm EST

Political strife, production cuts challenge independent producers: CMPA headPolitical intrigue on both sides of the Canada/United States border could...

CRTC hears mixed arguments on licence terms for radio broadcasters

telecom | 01/21/2025 7:21 pm EST

CRTC hears mixed arguments on licence terms for radio broadcastersCanada’s broadcasters have responded to the CRTC’s call for comments on...

CRTC commissioner dissents on pitch to subsidize northern internet service

telecom | 01/16/2025 6:52 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe CRTC’s commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon disagrees with her...

Billing issues, wireless service complaints spike in CCTS annual report

telecom | 01/15/2025 9:34 am EST

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchThe Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services says the number of complaints it received about telecom and TV providers ahead of its latest annual report spiked...

Telecoms testing their networks for the future of quantum connectivity

telecom | 12/27/2024 8:00 am EST

Telecoms testing their networks for the future of quantum connectivityThe concept of a “quantum internet” might feel far off and far-fetched...

Telus’ arguments for incumbent access to wholesale regime not supported by competitors

telecom | 12/20/2024 7:16 pm EST

Telus’ arguments for incumbent access to wholesale regime not supported by competitorsTelus Corp. appears to be fighting a solo battle...

Bell Media unites English and French outlets in Quebec into one team

Internet and Governance | 12/09/2024 3:06 pm EST

Bell logo The Wire ReportBCE Inc. announced Dec. 3 that it is unifying its English and French media...

Quebecor seeks to review and vary Bell MVNO decision

Internet and Governance | 12/03/2024 5:38 pm EST

Quebecor logo graphic for The Wire ReportQuebecor Inc., acting on behalf of its Videotron and Freedom Mobile divisions, is asking the CRTC to...

MPs grill Rogers CEO on price increases during industry committee meeting

telecom | 12/03/2024 1:44 pm EST

MPs grill Rogers CEO on price increases during industry committee meetingRogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri was met with scrutiny during his virtual appearance in front of the House industry committee, facing questions about the...

INDU committee frustrated with Rogers CEO Staffieri, summons him to appear

telecom | 11/28/2024 4:57 pm EST

Staffieri applauds CRTC move to “level the playing field” in Ontario and Quebec; reports quarterly loss Members of the federal standing committee on industry and technology (INDU)...

Northwestel announces completion of backup fibre loop; acquisition to close in 2025

telecom | 11/26/2024 6:03 pm EST

Northwestel redirecting Broadband Fund cash to rebuild network after fire damage in N.W.T. BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel announced that it has completed the Canada...

Union concerned over Bell expansion into United States

telecom | 11/25/2024 1:28 pm EST

Union concerned over Bell expansion into United StatesA union representing thousands of BCE Inc. employees is concerned that the...

Bell, Telus oppose broadening roaming network access for smaller players 

telecom | 11/22/2024 4:21 pm EST

Bell, Telus oppose broadening roaming network access for smaller players Stakeholders have responded to the CRTC’s call for comments on providing...

BDUs oppose OUTtv carriage application, while community supports it

telecom | 11/20/2024 5:37 pm EST

OUTtvSome major broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) are against an application by OUTtv Inc. that would change the LGBTQ+ television channel’s carriage options on their...

Rogers, Cogeco, Eastlink ask CRTC to block Big Three from wholesale access

telecom | 11/14/2024 7:58 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportMultiple telecom companies -- including Rogers, Cogeco, Eastlink, and...

Bell sees revenue decline, reports loss for Q3 2024

telecom | 11/07/2024 7:10 pm EST

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEOBCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic expressed optimism over his company’s recent acquisition of U.S. telco Ziply...

Execulink wants CRTC to enforce access rules against Ontario landlord

telecom | 11/05/2024 5:33 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportExeculink Telecom Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC,...

Bell acquires U.S. telecom; Eastlink buys in Northern Ontario

telecom | 11/04/2024 1:42 pm EST

Bell logo The Wire ReportBCE Inc. has moved into the Pacific Northwest of the United States with the...

Telus requests four-month extension of fibre access deadline

telecom | 10/31/2024 4:49 pm EDT

Telus logo The Wire ReportTelus Corp. has asked for an additional four months until it has to provide...

Competitors unhappy, incumbents closed-lipped about CRTC’s interim wholesale rates

telecom | 10/28/2024 5:27 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe CRTC’s recent decision on interim wholesale fibre rates is supposed...

CRTC sets interim rates for wholesale FTTP access

telecom | 10/25/2024 5:39 pm EDT

CRTC sets interim rates for wholesale FTTP accessThe CRTC has announced the interim rates competitors will pay three of Canada’s largest telephone companies for wholesale access to their existing fibre networks. The CRTC in August released a decision ordering BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, and Bell MTS, along...

Rogers announces $7B sale of minority stake in regional backhaul infrastructure

telecom | 10/24/2024 5:43 pm EDT

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profitRogers Communications Inc. has announced a $7-billion-deal to sell a...

TekSavvy wants to take fight over 2021 wholesale rate decision to Supreme Court

telecom | 10/10/2024 5:49 pm EDT

Supreme Court to hear Telus’ appeal of CRTC access to public infrastructure decisionTekSavvy Solutions Inc. is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada for an...

CRTC keeping thousand-block pooling deadline in place

telecom | 10/10/2024 12:49 pm EDT

CRTC keeping thousand-block pooling deadline in placeThe CRTC is holding firm on its decision to implement thousand-block pooling to manage the growing demand...

CRTC changes terms of MVNO rules to include enterprise and IoT customers

telecom | 10/09/2024 5:14 pm EDT

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchThe CRTC has expanded the terms of its mobile virtual network operator...

Legal dispute between Bell, Rogers over Discovery channels ends

telecom | 10/08/2024 9:49 am EDT

Regional players shouldn’t qualify for spectrum set asides: Bell, RogersRogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. announced in tandem Tuesday morning that the legal dispute over Rogers' launch of Discovery channels in Canada has ended. Rogers announced in June that it had signed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. that would see it take...

PIAC’s outgoing, incoming executive directors discuss advocacy group’s future

telecom | 10/07/2024 5:08 pm EDT

PIAC’s outgoing, incoming executive directors discuss advocacy group's futureThe Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s new...

CRTC looking at ‘inflexible’ international roaming fees, rates in Canada

telecom | 10/07/2024 4:51 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe CRTC is making moves to lower roaming rates, issuing two separate calls...

Replies flow to CRTC on Independent Local News Fund

Media | 09/27/2024 4:08 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe final replies to the CRTC’s review of the independent local news fund (ILNF) offer a wide range of...

Iristel blossoms from Montreal apartment to national carrier

telecom | 09/26/2024 12:07 pm EDT

Samer BishaySamer Bishay was working for the Canadian Space Agency in Saint-Hubert,...

CRTC commissioner dissents on giving Bell out-of-footprint service

telecom | 09/20/2024 5:16 pm EDT

CRTC commissioner dissents on giving Bell out-of-footprint serviceThe CRTC has approved BCE Inc.’s application to provide local voice...

Rogers buys Bell’s stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for $4.7B

Media | 09/18/2024 12:05 pm EDT

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.Rogers Communications Inc. is picking up BCE Inc.’s stake in Maple Leaf...

SaskTel seeks judicial review, appeal of CRTC wholesale fibre decision

Media | 09/13/2024 5:48 pm EDT

SaskTel head office (screenshot via Google Maps).Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is challenging the CRTC’s...

Rogers moving forward with appeal of CRTC’s choice of Quebecor MVNO rates

telecom | 09/10/2024 6:27 pm EDT

Rogers and QuebecorThe Federal Court of Appeal has granted an application from Rogers Communications Inc. to appeal a decision by the CRTC involving a dispute over wholesale access rates between...

Cogeco promotes reorganization at BMO conference

telecom | 09/10/2024 5:50 pm EDT

Cogeco promotes reorganization at BMO conferenceCogeco Inc. is running smoothly after a corporate reorganization, its CFO maintains. Patrice Ouimet was...

SaskTel moving ahead on connectivity and sustainability, says CEO Charlene Gavel

telecom | 09/05/2024 4:51 pm EDT

SaskTel moving ahead on connectivity and sustainability, says CEO Charlene GavelCharlene Gavel could be considered a lifer at Saskatchewan...

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-September

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 5:25 pm EDT

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-SeptemberThe CRTC has denied a request from Quebecor Inc. for a mandated settlement...

CRTC releases funding for cellular coverage in central Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador

telecom | 08/28/2024 4:44 pm EDT

Telecoms work to restore service after tornado; 27% of Canadians experience major outage due to weather, report findsThe CRTC announced Wednesday four companies will get $17 million in funding to improve cell service along eight highways in Canada.  The commission released a series of...

Accusations fly between Rogers, sports programmer Timeless Inc. in carriage dispute

Media | 08/27/2024 6:00 pm EDT

Accusations fly between Rogers, sports programmer Timeless Inc. in carriage disputeRogers Communications Inc. and an independent programming company locked in...

Iristel asks CRTC to penalize Northwestel for disconnection in billing dispute

telecom | 08/26/2024 5:01 pm EDT

Freedom cites ‘suspicious patterns’ in Iristel traffic pumping caseIristel Inc. wants the CRTC to penalize BCE Inc.’s Northwestel for...

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible

Internet and Governance | 08/26/2024 4:50 pm EDT

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasibleWhile providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard...

Telecom association CEO wants more action, predictability from government

Internet and Governance | 08/21/2024 4:52 pm EDT

Robert GhizThe head of the Canadian Telecommunications Association wants more...

Woman sues Bell, Nordia after alleged privacy breach by call centre employee

telecom | 08/20/2024 4:29 pm EDT

Woman sues Bell, Nordia after alleged privacy breach by call centre employeeA Cape Breton woman is suing BCE Inc. and a call centre company after an...

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2024 9:43 am EDT

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders sayWhile some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate...

Media division bolsters Quebecor’s Q2 results

Media | 08/08/2024 4:54 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau saysStrong results from its media division gave Quebecor Inc. a robust second quarter, the company reported...

CBC CEO Catherine Tait not worried for broadcaster’s longevity

Internet and Governance | 08/06/2024 4:25 pm EDT

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made slashing CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding a mainstay in his talking points this year. But CBC CEO Catherine Tait says she is not worried about the broadcaster's survival if his party gains power in the next election.  “The...